Category: Forecast

November 23, 2019 Summary: We are experiencing a seasonal morning this morning with most ag locations well down into the 30s.  the exception is Kern County where readings are generally  in the 40s.  The air aloft continues to slowly warm with the freezing level at Vandenberg overnight inching up to 10,400 feet.   An upper…

November 22, 2019 Summary: The air, both on the valley floor and aloft, continues to slowly warm.  The freezing level has risen to 9,100 feet with temperatures on the valley floor as of 1:00pm in the mid 60s.  skies are clear other than some cumulous which formed over the surrounding mountains.   Tomorrow through Monday…

November 22, 2019 Summary: The air mass is slowly moderating. The freezing level has now struggled up to 8,500 feet, according to the latest sounding over Vandenberg.  A closed low has developed about 500 miles west of the central coast which will drift southward to well off the southern California coast by Sunday.  A narrow…

November 21, 2019 Summary: It is nice to observe a visible satellite image with a mantle of snow over the southern Sierra Nevada and even the Kern County mountains.  The low responsible for the snow is now in northwest Arizona and it continues to pull off to the east.  In the meantime, a new cut…

November 21, 2019 Summary: After a very active day over Kern County, dry weather has returned.  There is a considerable amount of residual cloudiness over the southern half of the valley with airports reporting the base of the overcast at about 8,000 feet.  These clouds will be slow to clear, but most locations should have…

November 20, 2019 Summary: At 1:00pm, Bakersfield was reporting light rain with a temperature of just 48 degrees, which is 24 degrees colder than 24 hours ago.  Some locations in the valley portion of Kern County have received well over .50.  I have some individual storm totals I’ll place in the rain discussion below.  …

November 20, 2019 Summary: The center of circulation of a cold core low is over the Los Angeles Basin at this hour.  Doppler radar is showing a batch of light showers moving from east to west, which is interesting, across Kern County and southern Tulare County.  Further north, showers are forming over the high Sierra…

November 19, 2019 Summary: currently, light showers are spreading down the Sierra Nevada as far south as Tahoe while to our south, showers have spread as far north as Riverside County in southern California.  This is as of 1:00pm.  As of the time of this writing, a dry cold front was moving through the southern…

November 19, 2019 Summary: Central California is under attack by two low pressure systems.  The first is a low pressure system off the coast of northern Baja which is spreading showers as far north as the Mexico border.  Second is a rather dry system which is  now centered in southern Oregon and is digging rapidly…

November 18, 2019 Summary: Skies are clear over central California but are still hazy.  To our south, clouds are increasing over the southern ¼ of California and to our north they are increasing over northwest California.  The center of circulation of a developing low pressure system is west of Portland, Oregon this evening and will…