June 11, 2020 Summary: Upper level high pressure is now shifting into the interior west. However, central California will be on the back side of this high for one more day, allowing temperatures to spike into the lower 100s this afternoon. Low pressure now extends from the Gulf of Alaska to off the northern California…
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June 10, 2020/report
June 10, 2020 Summary: Upper level high pressure over the eastern Pacific has shifted inland over California. The marine layer along the coast remains at only 500 feet with no sea breeze moving through the Delta. Temperatures this afternoon in the hottest locations will push the century mark. On Thursday, the high will begin to…
June 9, 2020/report
June 9, 2020 Summary: The latest sounding above Oakland indicated a freezing level of 12,800 feet, up from 8,900 feet 24 hours ago. Sandburg at an elevation of 4,100 feet is reporting a temperature 13 degrees warmer than 24 hours ago while Blue Canyon at 5,600 feet is 16 degrees warmer. In the meantime,…
June 8, 2020/report
June 8, 2020 Summary: Temperatures at this hour are as cold as you’ll ever see them this late in the season. As of 6:00am, every single ag station from Madera County through Kern County was below the 50 degree mark. Lindcove was reporting 41 degrees and Orosi 43. Hard to believe just a few days…
June 6, 2020/report
June 6, 2020 Summary: The low pressure system which resulted in a few light showers has accelerated eastward only to be replaced by a strong trough of low pressure currently centered off the coast of the Pacific Northwest. A big trough extends southward into California. Temperatures will continue to tumble today and Sunday. In fact,…
June 5, 2020/report
June 5, 2020 Summary: A very strong push of marine air is surging through the Delta and other gaps and passes along the Coast Range. Winds at Travis Air Force Base are out of the southwest, sustained at 24 MPH and gusting to 28. Pacheco Pass is reporting winds sustained at 31, gusting to…
June 3, 2020/report
Due to a medical procedure, there will be no report Thursday, June 4. Reports will resume Friday, June 5. Thank you. June 3, 2020 Summary: Temperatures over the next 48 hours will spike upwards into triple digits. The low pressure system off the southern California coast has retrograded somewhat, allowing upper level high pressure over…
June 2, 2020/report
June 2, 2020 Summary: There remains two main weather features to deal with. The first is a closed low located roughly 400 miles to the west/southwest of Santa Barbara. The second is upper level high pressure over the Desert Southwest. The sounding overnight above Vandenburg indicated a southerly flow from 5,000 up to 30,000 feet. …
June 1, 2020 report
une 1, 2020 Summary: This will be a week of wide swings in temperatures. Models have been having a difficult time in handling the formation of a closed low which is now developing several hundred miles southwest of Santa Barbara. The counterclockwise circulation around the low will generate a southerly flow. That, in conjunction with…
May 30, 2020/report
May 30, 2020 Summary: The center of circulation of a closed low is just to the southwest of San Francisco this morning. Yesterday, temperatures began to tumble as pressures begin to fall aloft and marine air surged inland. On the valley floor, temperatures are anywhere from 10 to 16 degrees lower than 24 hours ago. …