Category: Forecast

March 11, 2019 Summary: The center of circulation of a weak upper level low has actually drifted further off shore several hundred miles to the west/southwest of Vandenberg.  A swath of moisture is wrapping around the eastern side of the low and is moving into southern California.  The northern portion of this cloud deck will…

March 10, 2019 Summary: Light showers occurred over the valley last  night north of Kern County.  Most locations recorded roughly .10 or less with the exception of Madera which tallied up .25.  the center of circulation of our latest low pressure system is just northwest of the Golden Gate this morning and is tracking south/southeast…

March 9, 2019 Summary:  The center of circulation of a weak upper low is roughly 300 miles to the northwest of San Francisco this afternoon.  A weak cold front extends from toughly Lake Tahoe south/southwest then out over the Pacific Ocean west of Santa Maria.  Light showers have progressed as far south as Madera County. …

March 9, 2019 Summary: Skies are mostly clear this  morning.  There are some lingering upslope clouds in Kern County.  Clouds are increasing now over northern California ahead of a low pressure system about 300 miles to the west of Eureka.  The southern limit of the cloud shield is down to Monterey along the coast and…

March 8, 2019 Summary:  Light showers continue over the mountains surrounding the valley with even a few sprinkles over the valley floor in Kern County due to upsloping.  Elsewhere in the valley, skies are generally partly cloudy.  The northwesterly flow down the valley is relatively cold but nothing unusual for early March.  A few locations…

  March 8, 2019 Summary: Most of the valley has dried out.  The only showers showing up on radar are currently in southeastern Tulare County and Kern County.  These will end over the next couple of hours with  just lingering showers over the Sierra Nevada during the day.  Freezing levels have fallen to 3,800 feet…

March 7, 2019 Summary:  The latest low pressure system is a few hundred miles off the central coast this afternoon and is moving eastward.  Showers have spread over the coastal mountains and into the western San Joaquin Valley from Merced southward into northwestern Kern County.  Showers will slowly spread across the valley this evening.  The…

March 7, 2019 Summary: There are still some isolated residual light showers in Madera and Fresno Counties at this hour.  The remainder of the valley is dry with even some sun shining through in some areas.  The next weather system will begin to spread light showers in from the west this afternoon with another weak…

March 6, 2019 Summary:  Sunshine reaching the ground has destabilized the atmosphere this afternoon.  Isolated thunderstorms are the result as warm currents of air rise off the valley floor and interact with colder air  moving in aloft.  Most of these storms, so far, are small but are putting down brief heavy rain and hail.  Movement…

March 6, 2019 Summary: I will give you a hint of exactly where the atmospheric river of air set up overnight.  Bakersfield’s Meadows Field recorded 1.27 inches of rain over roughly about the past 15  hours, which is right around 25% of Bakersfield’s entire annual precipitation total.  Kern County and southeastern Tulare County were right…