Category: Forecast

November 15, 2020 Summary: Infrared satellite imagery shows widespread fog all the way from the Delta southward into northern Kern County.  Most of the fog is towards the center and west side of the valley, but there is some locally elsewhere.  Visalia, Hanford, and Merced were each reporting a visibility of less than .25 of…

November 14, 2020 Summary: Even though skies are mostly clear out there this afternoon, the overall character of the air mass has changed significantly.  Temperatures are roughly the same as 24 hours ago, however dew points are up 8 to 10 degrees over yesterday at this time and are generally in the mid to upper…

November 14, 2020 Summary: A flat zone of upper level high pressure  is now taking shape off the central and southern California coast.  This will drive the storm track further north into the Pacific Northwest through Monday.  The high will shift eastward to a position just off the northern Baja/southern California coast on Monday, resulting…

November 13, 2020 Summary: Light showers have spread over northern California as far south as San Jose along the coast and Stockton inland.  Lift is aiding in light showers spreading down the Sierra Nevada as far south as the higher elevations of Madera County.  Doppler radar clearly shows light showers trying to move into the…

Summary: showers as of the time of this writing had spread as far south as the northern Sacramento Valley ahead of a cold front approaching the northwest California coast.  The parent low is off the coast of the Pacific Northwest, generating heavy rain and high winds over the Pacific Northwest.   As the front moves…

November 12, 2020 Summary: It is a gorgeous autumn afternoon out there with most locations now moving into the mid 60s, a good 3 to 5 degrees warmer than 24 hours ago.  We are temporarily in a clear spot between a weak disturbance that dissipated over southern California and the next storm to move out…

November 12, 2020 Summary: Temperatures were a bit milder last night due to in and out cloud cover.  Most frost stations were above freezing.  Only the coldest locations will fall to near the freezing mark tonight.   For today, we are sandwiched between a weak upper air disturbance moving into southern California which was responsible…

November 11, 2020 Summary: Temperatures, at least in the warmer locations as of 1:00pm, have struggled up to the 60 degree mark for the first time since last Friday.  Most locations are 2 to 3 degrees warmer than 24 hours ago, however in Kern County most locations are generally from 4 to 6 degrees warmer…

November 11, 2020 Summary: Temperatures this morning are running about 2 to 4 degrees warmer than 24 hours ago.  Even so, a number of locations are still at or below the freezing mark.  We’ll talk about further frost possibilities in the frost section below.   There are two areas of low pressure we’re monitoring this…

November 10, 2020 Summary: Temperatures this afternoon are generally 2 to 4 degrees warmer than at this time yesterday.  Above the valley floor, temperatures are significantly warmer.  Blue Canyon at 5,600 feet is 8 degrees warmer while Sandburg at 4,100 feet is up 9 degrees from yesterday at this time.  The visible satellite shot this…