Category: Forecast

October 2, 2020 National Custodial Worker Day Summary: Visibilities from northern Kings and Tulare counties northward are generally ranging from 4 to 5 miles due to the smoke.  Visibilities are a little better further south.  The  very amplified pattern we’ve been under this week will continue through most of the weekend with temperatures ranging from…

October 1, 2020 National Black Dog Day Summary: Yesterday, September 30, was the last official day of the water year.  I pasted rainfall stats for all of California below for your interest.  Northern and central California uniformly experienced a dry year while from roughly Kern County southward, above average rainfall was recorded.  Since this is…

September 30, 2020 National Hot Mulled Cider Day Summary: A massive upper high stretches from upper Canada southeastward into the Desert Southwest.  The high covers the western one-third of the U.S. and the eastern Pacific Ocean off of North America while a deep trough of low pressure dominates the eastern two-thirds of the U.S.  The…

September 29, 2020 Summary: There is not a cloud to be found anywhere over the western U.S. and even up into British Columbia as a very amplified pattern continues.  The balloon sounding above Oakland this morning is interesting as it finds extremely light winds all the way  up to above 60,000 feet.   There are…

September 28, 2020 National Sons Day Summary: Strong upper level high pressure is now centered over Oregon and is ridging further north into western Canada.  The high now essentially covers the western one-third of the U.S.  the air aloft is very summer-like.  The temperature at Sandburg at 6:00am was 73 degrees with winds out of…

September 26, 2020 National Ghost Hunting Day Summary: A zonal flow will continue flowing into north America for one more day.  However, the main energy has moved through the Pacific Northwest and into the northern Rockies.  Off shore, we have a developing upper level high which will begin to shift eastward to just off the…

September 25, 2020 National Quesadilla Day Summary: A zonal flow continues across the eastern Pacific with one system right after another riding up into the Pacific Northwest.  Currently, widespread precip is falling in western Washington southward through central Oregon.  The bottom side of this disturbance is tracking through northern California.  It’s marked by high clouds…

September 24, 2020 National Cherries Jubilee Day Summary: A weak zonal flow continues to move into the Pacific Northwest while a flat zone of upper level high pressure covers the offshore waters of California and roughly the southern two thirds of California.  Most locations were in the low to mid 90s yesterday. The exceptions were…

September 23, 2020 National Dogs in Politics Day Summary: A series of disturbances continues to run from west to east into the Pacific Northwest.  Each time one of these waves moves into Washington and Oregon, the high above central California weakens.  In fact, temperatures this morning are generally running 1 to 4 degrees lower than…

September 22, 2020 Summary: A series of weak disturbances continues to move from west to east through the Pacific Northwest and northern California.  One such disturbance is moving through now.  There’s even a band of high clouds moving through central California to mark its passage.  The freezing level over the past 24 hours  has dropped…