December 16, 2019 Summary: Temperatures for the first half of December have run seven and a half degrees above average. All of a sudden we get to readings in the upper 20s and low 30s and it feels cold, but actually this is more the way December is supposed to look. Strong surface high pressure…
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December 15, 2019/pm update
December 15, 2019 Summary: Mostly clear skies are prevalent as of 1:00pm along the center and west side of the valley with partly cloudy skies in Tulare and Kern Counties. Surface winds towards the center and west side of the valley are currently averaging 10 to 15 MPH out of the northwest. Doppler radar out…
December 15, 2019/report
December 15, 2019 Summary: The freezing level above the valley floor is down to 4,900 feet this morning. yesterday’s frontal passage issued in a considerably colder air mass. In fact, temperatures this morning are 12 to 16 degrees cooler than 24 hours ago. The main upper trough of low pressure is currently diving into the…
December 14, 2019/pm update
December 14, 2019 Summary: Light showers continue this afternoon over the Sierra Nevada and Kern County mountains. Temperatures on the valley floor are running between 4 and 7 degrees cooler than 24 hours ago as a relatively colder air mass is invading central California. Winds at most locations this afternoon are ranging between 10 and…
December 14, 2019/report
December 14, 2019 Summary: A weak cold front moved through central California during the early morning hours accompanied by a spattering of light showers. So far, no location on the valley floor has exceeded .05. Strong lift along the Sierra Nevada has resulted in anywhere from .30 to .90 over the higher elevations of the…
December 13, 2019/pm update
Summary: Orographics are playing a huge role in our weather this afternoon. The jet stream over extreme northern California is running from west to east, zipping along at 107 MPH. the flow aloft over central California has the winds aloft at 30,000 feet out of the west at around 90 MPH. When all this moist…
December 13, 2019/report
December 13, 2019 Summary: The fog product of GOES 17 satellite imagery is quite interesting this morning. fog and low clouds rapidly advanced southward along the western and central portions of the valley north of Kern County while another batch of low clouds developed against the north facing slopes of the Tehachapi Mountains. Interestingly enough,…
December 12, 2019/pm update
December 12, 2019 Summary: For midDecember, central California remains in a very warm environment. The freezing level taken earlier above Vandenberg was all the way up to 13,000 feet. Tehachapi, at an elevation of 4,000 feet, was reporting a reading of 55 as of 1:00pm while Shaver Lake at 5,600 feet was reporting 57. Widespread…
December 12, 2019/report
December 12, 2019 Summary: There are areas of dense fog out there again this morning. Lemoore, Visalia, and Hanford are each reporting ¼ mile visibility while the visibility is reasonably decent at Bakersfield, Porterville, Fresno, and Madera. Upper level high pressure is firmly ensconced several hundred miles off the Baja coast. A zonal or west…
December 11, 2019/pm update
December 11, 2019 Summary: As of 1:00pm, Visalia, Lemoore, Fresno, and Madera were each only in the 40s, locked under a low overcast based at between 3000 and 6000 feet. The sun has broken through over the valley portion of Kern County where Bakersfield was 57 degrees and Porterville up a bit to the north…