Category: Forecast

November 20, 2020 Summary: A considerable amount of mid and high level clouds are streaming across the southern half of the valley this afternoon.  This is moisture caught up in the west to east flow across the eastern Pacific underneath a weak low located about 600 miles west of San Francisco.  The off shore low…

November 20, 2020 Summary: Once again this morning, there are areas of low clouds and fog, mainly in Tulare and Kern Counties.  As of 6:00am, Porterville and Bakersfield were each reporting ¼ mile visibility with Visalia at ½ mile.   Above the lower level clouds are higher clouds flanked underneath a low pressure system roughly…

November 19, 2020 Summary: There remains a good amount o flow clouds along the eastern flank of Tulare County as of the time of this writing with partial clearing over Kern County.  The base of the overcast has risen to 2,900 feet.   A weak surface high is developing over the Great Basin.  It will…

November 19, 2020 Summary: Considerable amounts of low level moisture is trapped in mainly the southern San Joaquin Valley.  There are two layers of cloud cover.  T he first is upslope clouds generated by a push of west/northwest winds above the valley floor.  Lift over the Kern County mountains is generating some light rain in…

November 18, 2020 Summary: Isolated scattered light showers continue north of Kern County this afternoon.  Scattered showers continue over the Sierra Nevada, but even that will wane over the next several hours.  The cold front and its associated trough of low pressure have finally cleared the Sierra and are moving into Nevada.  Behind this system…

  November 18, 2020 Summary: A slow moving cold front is currently moving through Tulare and Kern Counties.  The front is accompanied by a narrow band of light showers which will move into the Sierra Nevada over the next few hours.  Behind the front, cooler and marginally more unstable air is moving in.  yesterday was…

November 17, 2020 Summary: A band of light showers is moving on shore along and ahead of a cold front which will move through the valley late tonight and early Wednesday.  as mentioned before, downslope winds blowing off the north facing slopes of the Tehachapi’s have not caused many issues with wind on the valley…

November 17, 2020 Summary: This is one of those mornings where this meteorologist wishes he was out of the office and on a particular point on the planet.  Grapevine Peak in Kern County would definitely give me pleasure.  As of 6:00am, winds were sustained at 58, gusting to 81 MPH.  So far these winds have…

November 16, 2020 Summary: The possibility of our first wind event for Kern County may occur late tonight through Tuesday morning.  a vigorous Pacific storm is located off the coast of the Pacific Northwest and northern California.  High resolution models are indicating the possibility of Santa Ana type winds moving downslope off the Tehachapi Mountains…

November 16, 2020 Summary: The center of circulation is over northern Baja and southern California this morning.  the air aloft is quite cozy, especially for this late in the fall season.  The freezing level is all the way up to 14,500 feet, according to the latest balloon sounding over Vandenburg AFB.   In the meantime,…