Category: Forecast

March 5, 2019 Summary:  Moderate to heavy rain is falling from the Monterey/San Luis Obispo line southward to Santa Barbara County, as of the time of this writing.  This feed continues inland through much of Kings County and western Tulare County and northwest Kern County while points north and south of that zone have lighter…

March 2, 2019 Summary:  Moderate to heavy rain is falling from the Monterey/San Luis Obispo line southward to Santa Barbara County, as of the time of this writing.  This feed continues inland through much of Kings County and western Tulare County and northwest Kern County while points north and south of that zone have lighter…

March 5, 2019 Summary: Precipitation, mostly light, has spread over the northern half of California.  Satellite imagery clearly indicates the atmospheric river of air is still off shore and will not really begin its magic until the late morning and early afternoon hours.  High resolution  models are indicating the southern San Joaquin Valley, mainly southern…

March 2, 2019 Summary: The overcast that was prevalent this morning has partially burned off, revealing sunshine in some areas this afternoon.  The cloud cover has kept temperatures down as valley temperatures are 2 to 7 degrees cooler than at this time yesterday.  A most impressive low center is located around 1,000 miles west of…

March 4, 2019 Summary: Skies are generally overcast this morning.  There are a few light showers over the foothills of Mariposa, Madera, and Fresno Counties, but nothing over the valley floor.  Currently, we are under a fast moving ridge of upper level high pressure which by late Monday night will progress into the interior west. …

March 3, 2019 Summary: There is a minimal chance of widely scattered showers north of Kern County today as a weak impulse moves into northern California.  A weak ridge of upper level high pressure will move in today, remaining through the day Monday for a temporary respite from the barrage of storms we’ve experienced this…

March 2, 2019 Summary: Numerous thunderstorms have broken out, mainly along the east side of the valley and over the Sierra Nevada foothills.  A well developed squall line was moving through Madera and Fresno Counties.  On radar, it appears much of Fresno County is currently being nailed.  There are also a number of cells over…

March 2, 2019 Summary: A rather robust cold front moved rapidly through the valley  just before sunrise.  As the front moved through, heavy rain spread from southwest to northeast across the valley.  Interestingly enough, the valley portion of Kern County received the heaviest rain with a  number of locations recording well over .50.  North of…

March 1, 2019 Summary: There is almost a mini atmospheric river of air which begins about 1,500 miles to our southwest with a fairly narrow band of clouds coming on shore between roughly Cambria and Santa Barbara.  Doppler radar is actually indicating showers moving through southern San Luis Obispo County which will move into the…

March 1, 2019 Summary: The next Pacific storm is several hundred miles off the southern central coast and is moving at a pretty good clip across the eastern Pacific.  It will begin to spread showers into central California tonight.  Satellite imagery is showing a ton of mid and high level clouds moving northeastward from the…