November 1, 2019 Summary: In the broad picture, upper level high pressure remains over the eastern Pacific and the western one-fourth of the US. Embedded within this high is a cut off low a few hundred miles west of San Diego. The counter clockwise circulation around this high has the winds aloft out of the…
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November 1, 2019/report
November 1, 2019 Summary: We start out frost season with widespread frost on the ground. Dew points remain exceedingly low due to lack of rain for months and a continuing off shore flow. The current barometric pressure over Salt Lake City is 30.37 inches of mercury while LAX is reporting 30.07. With barometers remaining lower…
October 31, 2019/report
Summary: For the second morning in a row, there are some fascinating extremes. Not in wind this time, but in temperatures. For example, in Kern County, Maricopa and Edison, as of 6:00am, were reporting temperatures in the mid 50s. North of Kern County, however, it’s cold. Navalencia has dropped to 28 degrees, Fowler 29, and…
October 30, 2019/report
October 30, 2019 Summary: The extremes in temperatures and dew points are amazing this morning. North of Kern County, all of the ag stations are in the low to mid 30s with a temperature of 31 at Navalencia and Fowler. In Kern County, strong Santa Ana winds are moving down slope and onto the Kern…
October 29, 2019/report
October 29, 2019 Summary: Beginning tonight, the strongest off shore flow of the season to date will begin and it will continue into Thursday. At the upper levels of the atmosphere, a massive ridge of upper level high pressure covers the eastern Pacific with a ridge jutting northeastward into the Yukon Territory of Canada. An…
October 28, 2019/report
October 28, 2019 Summary: Temperatures as of the time of this writing are running 10 to 16 degrees lower than 24 hours ago. Several locations throughout the citrus belt are in the 30s. the coldest I could find was 33 degrees at Rio Bravo. What a radical change from last week when temperatures were pushing…
October 26, 2019/report
October 26, 2019 Summary:Strong upper level high pressure is beginning to retrograde into the eastern Pacific Ocean, but not before we have one more Indian Summer day with readings again in the mid to upper 80s. Yesterday, the Lemoore Naval Air Station hit an even 90, which was the warmest location in the San…
October 25, 2019/report
October 25, 2019 Summary: Upper level high pressure is centered just west of San Francisco again this morning and covers the western one-fourth of the U.S. The air aloft is very warm for this time of year as the sounding both above Vandenberg and Oakland indicate a freezing level of 16,000 feet. At the surface,…
October 24, 2019/report
October 23, 2019 Summary: A strong ridge of upper level high pressure is centered just west of San Francisco this morning and is building a ridge northward through the Pacific Northwest and into British Columbia. Along the eastern side of the high is a strong north/northeast flow which is aiding in creating a strong off…
October 23, 2019/report
October 23, 2019 Summary: Upper level high pressure remains anchored just off the northern California coast. At the surface, a weak off shore flow prevails. This will keep temperatures well above average. On Thursday and Friday, the high will build a ridge into the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia while a high center at the…