www.johnhibler.com trudyhibler@johnhibler.com 573-707-3787 January 18, 2020 Summary:As of 1:00pm, Madera and Porterville were each reporting 44 degrees, Hanford 45, Bakersfield 46, Fresno 47, and both Avenal and Lost Hills were reporting 48 degrees. Visible satellite imagery this afternoon clearly shows low clouds stretching from the Lower Sacramento Valley southward to the base of…
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January 18, 2020/report
www.johnhibler.com trudyhibler@johnhibler.com 573-707-3787 January 18, 2020 Summary: Fog and low clouds are widespread through the San Joaquin Valley this morning. even so, skies remained clear long enough to allow widespread frost with most locations dipping into the lower 30s with a few upper 20s, which is discussed in the frost summary below. …
January 17, 2019/pm update
January 17, 2020 Summary: Temperatures, as of 1:00pm, were running anywhere from 6 to 16 degrees colder than 24 hours ago. A few locations towards the center of the valley were still reporting fog and low clouds. The Lemoore Naval Air Station was reporting just 43 degrees, Hanford 46, and most others in the…
January 17, 2020/report
www.johnhibler.com trudyhibler@johnhibler.com 573-707-3787 January 17, 2020 Summary: The potent storm system that barreled through the valley yesterday afternoon and evening has raced eastward and is now already over Utah and Colorado. Behind the system, we have fog and low clouds on the valley floor this morning. infrared satellite imagery indicates there is extensive…
January 16, 2019/pm update
www.johnhibler.com trudyhibler@johnhibler.com 573-707-3787 January 16, 2020 Summary: A strong cold front was advancing down the valley as of 1:00pm. Precipitation had spread over Fresno County and much of Madera County. Doppler radar clearly depicts a band of heavy rain right along the frontal band. Sharp differences in pressure right along the front are…
January 16, 2019/report
www.johnhibler.com trudyhibler@johnhibler.com 573-707-3787 January 16, 2020 Summary: A powerful winter storm is slamming the Pacific Northwest with heavy precipitation and high winds. A strong cold front is now moving through northern California. As of the time of this writing, precipitation had advanced as far south as Monterey along the coast and Sacramento inland. …
January 15, 2020/pm update
www.johnhibler.com trudyhibler@johnhibler.com 573-707-3787 January 15, 2020 Summary: Skies are generally clear this afternoon and will remain so for much of the night. it now appears the cloud shield from an advancing cold front will not arrive until around sunrise or thereafter. The freezing level over Oakland this morning was 4,400 feet while down…
January 15, 2019/report
www.johnhibler.com trudyhibler@johnhibler.com 573-707-3787 January 15, 2020 Summary: Satellite imagery shows a very impressive low pressure system off the coast of the Pacific Northwest. This system has the classic strong winter storm signature of the appearance of a cinnamon roll. That storm will pound the Pacific Northwest with strong winds and heavy rain and…
January 14, 2020/pm update
www.johnhibler.com trudyhibler@johnhibler.com 573-707-3787 January 14, 2020 Summary: Clouds are advancing southward through the valley this afternoon. These are upslope clouds from a northwesterly flow of air behind a system that moved through during the early morning hours. The base of the overcast was 3,200 feet at Visalia, 3,600 feet at Lemoore, and 3.900…
January 14, 2020/report
www.johnhibler.com trudyhibler@johnhibler.com 573-707-3787 January 14, 2020 Summary: A dry cold front is currently moving down the valley. Some sprinkles have occurred as far south as a Monterey/Merced/Yosemite line. The push of air behind the system is slightly colder than the current air mass so we may see a few more locations dip into…