Category: Forecast

March 28, 2019 Summary:  There are lingering showers this morning over the Sierra Nevada.  On the valley floor there are some scattered showers in southern Tulare County and Kern County at this hour.  The main rain line will begin to slowly migrate northward today, however a weak ripple of low pressure in the upper atmosphere…

Summary:  The strong rain shadow we’ve been discussing would occur with this storm has certainly come to pass.  As of 1:00pm, no rain had been recorded in Kern County and parts of Kings and Tulare Counties and less than .10 was tallied in Madera County and eastern Fresno County.  Surprisingly, even the Tulare County portion…

March 27, 2019 Summary:  Locally heavy rain has spread over  northern California with generally lighter showers in central California, especially from Fresno County north.  As expected, a strong rain shadow is developing along the Coast Range, zapping precipitation amounts over  much of the valley.  The risk factor for showers and even some isolated thunderstorms this…

March 26, 2019 Summary:  The remnants of a cold front are over the northern San Joaquin Valley this afternoon.  Active weather has long since ended.  Most of the cloud cover didn’t even make it into the central or south valley.  A large low both at the surface and aloft is approaching the Oregon/northern California coast. …

March 26, 2019 Summary:  A cold front essentially died just to our north overnight with a few sprinkles as far south as Merced County.  Now we turn our attention to a very large low pressure system still several hundred miles off the Oregon/northern California coast.  This low will approach the coast late tonight and during…

March 25, 2019 Summary:  Temperatures at this hour are running 7 to 9 degrees warmer than 24 hours ago with many locations already in the mid 70s as of 1:00pm.  The warm up has been generated by a weak southerly surface flow up the valley ahead of a very weak cold front which extends from…

March 25, 2019 Summary:  Essentially, the northern half of California is cloudy with generally clear skies over the southern half of the state.  Precipitation is spreading into roughly the northern one-quarter of California from a cold front which will die over central California later tonight and Tuesday.  Light showers could reach into Merced County tonight,…

March 24, 2019 Summary:  Yesterday’s weather system has moved into the Great Basin, allowing upper level high pressure to begin to build in from the southwest.  Not a bad day on tap as dry weather will prevail more than likely through Monday night with a warming trend.   Beginning Monday, a potent low pressure system…

March 23, 2019 Summary:  What is left of a Pacific cold front has stalled over the valley, resulting in light showers hanging on through the afternoon, especially in Kern County but isolated light showers are showing up elsewhere.  Twenty four hour rainfall amounts are puny with most locations recording less than .05.  The lone exception…

March 23, 2019 Summary: A weakening cold front is currently moving eastward through the valley and will be out of here by noon.  Precipitation amounts will be light with only a few hundredths possible to nothing at all in Kern County and possibly even southern Tulare County.  Dry weather will return this afternoon as a…