une 23, 2020 Summary: The center of circulation of a strong ridge of upper level high pressure is southwest of San Diego. A ridge extends from that high into the Pacific Northwest. The marine layer is fairly typical for the latter part of June with a depth of 1,900 feet at Monterey. There is only…
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June 22, 2020
June 22, 2020 There will be no reports issued today due to illness (NOT covid 19). Reports will resume Tuesday, June 23. Thank you for your patience.
June 20, 2020/report
June 20, 2020 Summary: Just in case you’re counting, the summer solstice will occur at 2:43 this afternoon. With the fourteen hours and forty one minutes of daylight, today is the longest day of the year as tomorrow will be one second shorter. A typical early summer weather pattern is in place. A zone…
June 19, 2020/report
June 19, 2020 Summary: Upper level high pressure continues to build slowly eastward. Just off the northern California coast is a small area of high clouds which will be visible from time to time today. Otherwise, mostly clear skies will continue. The marine layer along the coast at Monterey is roughly 1,000 feet deep, which…
June 18, 2020/report
June 18, 2020 Summary: Low pressure has migrated northeastward into southcentral Canada with a weak trough extending southwestward into the parent low in Utah and northeast Nevada. In the meantime, upper level high pressure over the eastern Pacific is slowly building eastward. Most locations over the higher elevations of the Kern County mountains and the…
June 17, 2020/report
June 17, 2020 Summary: The low pressure system that lowered temperatures into the mid 80s yesterday continues to move eastward and is now centered over eastern Idaho. It will move into southern Canada Thursday. The valley is pooled with modified marine air, so even though upper level high pressure is beginning to shift into California,…
June 16, 2020/report
June 15, 2020 Summary: Once again, the valley is pooling with modified marine air which will lower our temperatures back into the mid 80s this afternoon. an area of low pressure continues to move through the Pacific Northwest and it will move into the interior west tonight and Tuesday. Currently, there is a ten millibar…
June 15, 2020/report
June 15, 2020 Summary: Temperatures at this hour are running anywhere from 3 to 8 degrees warmer than 24 hours ago. The marine layer along the coast has peeled back to roughly 1,000 feet. Winds at this hour in the Delta are light as a weak ridge of high pressure temporarily moves overhead today.…
June 13, 2020/report
June 13, 2020 Summary: Doppler radar was interesting to watch yesterday afternoon through the early evening hours. It was clearly showing a band of blowing dust moving across the central and south valley as gusty west to northwest winds surged inland along a cold front. Temperatures this morning are running anywhere from 10 to 13…
June 12, 2020/report
June 12, 2020 Summary: The marine layer along the coast has deepened from near 1,000 feet yesterday to more than 3,000 feet this morning. a weak push of marine air is moving through the Delta. Winds there are out of the southwest sustained at 18 MPH. At Pacheco Pass, winds are out of the west,…