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  • Out/pneumonia Pardon the interruption again, folks. John had been coughing more and more frequently lately. Difficult breathing yesterday resulted in an ambulance ride to the local…
  • May 8, 2024 report May 8, 2024 Summary  High pressure aloft is  located 500 miles off the northern California coast. Low pressure is centered over Wyoming and the Dakotas…
  • May 6, 2024 report May 6, 2024 Summary  An elongated trough of low pressure extends from the Gulf of Alaska to the Pacific Northwest while high pressure is setting…
  • May 4, 2024 report May 4, 2024 Summary  A low pressure center is off the coast of the Pacific Northwest this morning. This low will move southwestward into northern…
  • May 2, 2024 report May 2, 2024 Summary  upper level high pressure is upwelling ahead of a low pressure system located in the northeast Pacific. This will drive temperatures…

January 13, 2020/pm update

www.johnhibler.com­­ trudyhibler@johnhibler.com 573-707-3787                                 January 13, 2020 Summary: Skies are generally clear throughout central california with the exception of some lower level clouds along the Sierra Nevada foothills.  To our north, clouds are rapidly increasing over northern California ahead of a trough of low pressure which is moving into the Pacific Northwest.  Light showers…

January 13, 2020/report

www.johnhibler.com­­ trudyhibler@johnhibler.com 573-707-3787                                 January 13, 2020 Summary: This morning is very similar to the past few.  The winds at the mid and upper levels of the atmosphere remain out of the northwest as weak disturbances move through the Pacific Northwest then into the Great Basin and Rocky Mountain region.  The main impact on…

January 12, 2020/report

www.johnhibler.com­­ trudyhibler@johnhibler.com 573-707-3787                                 January 12, 2020 Summary: We have somewhat of a potpourri of conditions out there this morning.  in Kern County, we have upslope clouds banked up against the valley facing slopes of the Kern County mountains.  There are other pockets of low clouds and fog and increasing higher clouds over the…

January 11, 2020/pm update

trudyhibler@johnhibler.com 573-707-3787                                 January 11, 2020 Summary: It is a mix of sunshine and some cloud cover out there this afternoon. Clouds are generally based at between 3,000 and 5,000 feet.  The latest weak wave of low pressure moved rapidly through the Pacific Northwest early this morning and has already progressed into eastern Nevada…

January 11, 2020/report

www.johnhibler.com­­ trudyhibler@johnhibler.com 573-707-3787                                 January 11, 2020 Summary: Another fast moving trough of low pressure is currently moving through the Pacific Northwest, just clipping northern California with some light showers.  Enough motion exists in the lower level of the atmosphere over the valley floor to prevent fog from forming on a widespread basis.  Through…

January 10, 2020/pm update

January 10, 2020 Summary: Most of the fog and low clouds that blanketed much of the valley this morning have burned off.  Temperatures as of 1:00pm had risen into the lower 50s at most locations.  However, Visalia and Lemoore were still reporting a low overcast with readings only in the mid 40s.   The next…

January 10, 2020/report

www.johnhibler.com­­ trudyhibler@johnhibler.com 573-707-3643                                 January 10, 2020 Summary: The weather system that brought showers to the valley yesterday has sped to the east and is already over the Four Corners region.  As it dumps into the Midwest later today and tonight, widespread severe weather is expected over areas of the south and Midwest.  In…

January 9, 2020/pm report

www.johnhibler.com­­ trudyhibler@johnhibler.com 573-707-3787                                 January 9, 2020 Summary: A cold weather system and its associated cold front raced through the valley this morning with widespread shower activity.  There were a few locations that actually received more than .25 with Madera being the grand champion at .31.  Most other locations were at about .10 to…

January 8, 2020/pm update

  We will be out of the office Thursday morning, January 9.  We’ll return early afternoon.  Reports will resume at that time.   Thank you, John and Trudy   January 8, 2020 Summary: Every reporting station between Bakersfield and Merced is reporting temperatures between 45 and 48 degrees as the low overcast remains locked over…

January 8, 2020/report

We will be out of the office Thursday morning, January 9.  We’ll return early afternoon.  Reports will resume at that time.   Thank you, John and Trudy   January 8, 2020 Summary: As of 7:30am, almost every frost station was reporting 42 degrees with a few a degree higher and a handful a degree lower. …