Category: Forecast

November 18, 2019 Summary: Today will be the warmest day we will see until probably some day next spring.  A zone of upper level high pressure stretches from several  hundred miles off shore across California and into the Desert Southwest.  Temperatures this afternoon at the warmest locations will be near 80, and may actually climb…

November 17, 2019 Summary: Temperatures on the valley floor are running 3 to 4 degrees warmer than 24 hours ago with readings in the comfortable low to mid 70s as of 1:00pm.  Temperatures are in the mid 70s as high as the 4,500 foot elevation.  Tehachapi at 1:00pm was reporting 73 degrees and Wawona in…

November 17, 2019 Summary: Strong upper level high pressure off the northern California coast has built a ridge eastward into northern California and Nevada.  The other main feature is an upper low parked off the northern coast of Baja.  The squeeze play between these two systems has created an east/northeast flow at all levels of…

November 16, 2019 Summary: The low clouds in Kern County and the patchy fog elsewhere have vacated central California for clear skies this afternoon.  Temperatures as of 1:00pm are up 1 to 3 degrees from yesterday at this time.  A strong ridge of upper level high pressure will build further east into northern and central…

November 16, 2019 Summary: Skies have cleared out over most of the valley this morning.  The exception is a bank of low, upslope clouds which are banked up against the Tehachapi Mountains.  The tops of this cloud deck are at around 4,000 feet.  I noted at last report Tehachapi was reporting dense fog.   We…

November 15, 2019   We’re posting on Facebook once again and we want to see pics of you at work, with your family, or just enjoying some sunshine. Share them with us!      Summary: The backside of the trough of low pressure will slide east of the Sierra Nevada early this evening.  Already, skies…

November 15, 2019 Summary: A weak trough of low pressure and its associated dry cold front are currently moving through California.  All of the moisture with this system is in the mid and upper levels of the atmosphere, so just mid and high level clouds will move over during the morning hours.  The back side…

November 14, 2019   We’re posting on Facebook once again.  Check us out!  Be sure to take the poll regarding that oh, so slight chance of showers next week.      Summary: North of Kern County, temperatures are running anywhere from 4 to 7 degrees cooler than 24 hours ago.  In Kern County, readings are…

November 14, 2019 Summary: The first of two waves of low pressure is moving through this morning, marked by variable amounts of mid and high level clouds.  The marine layer along the coast has certainly responded as it has  jumped from about 1,600 feet yesterday to well over 4,000 feet this morning.  With an on…

November 13, 2019   We are going to start posting regularly on Facebook once again.  Hope you share pictures of your workplace as well as from your homes and families with us.      Summary: Upper level high pressure is finally shifting eastward in response to a weak trough of low pressure off the west…