Category: Forecast

February 28, 2019 Summary: All the shower activity has come to an end on the valley floor with a few light showers over the Sierra Nevada from Fresno County north.  Dry weather will continue through Friday underneath a fast moving upper level ridge of high pressure which will already begin to move into the Great…

February 28, 2019 Summary: The valley is largely clear of shower activity at this hour with a few exceptions.  Over the Sierra Nevada, light showers continue.  We will remain under a moist, westerly flow aloft today.  The amount of moisture is significant, however there’s no real trigger at this time to generate much shower activity…

February 27, 2019 Summary: What is left of an atmospheric river of air is moving through Santa Barbara and Kern Counties at this hour.  Some light showers are still falling over the valley portion of Kern County from Bakersfield southward.  Further north, Doppler radar is indicating light showers are forming over the Coast Range then…

February 27, 2019 Summary:  The stationary cold front which has been draped over northern California, resulting in tremendous amounts of rain in some areas, is finally being shoved southward by a low pressure system currently moving into northern California.  The moisture feed from the atmospheric river of air is now in southcentral California.  However, the…

February 26, 2019 Summary: The atmospheric river of air and a stationary cold front continue to inundate northern California.  The northern Sierra Nevada has received 7 to 10 inches of rain over the past two days.  I noted over the past 24 hours San Rafael has picked up 7.92 and 7.50 inches in the mountains…

February 26, 2019 Summary:  A stalled frontal system remains over  northern California this morning.  The frontal system has plenty of moisture moving in from the west/southwest via the pineapple connection.  As  much as 6 inches of rain has fallen over the mountainous terrain over Ukiah with as much as 2 to 4 inches over the…

February 25, 2019 Summary: The cloud cover from earlier today has dissipated, resulting in more sunshine than was anticipated earlier.  As a result, by noon temperatures had already moved into the mid to upper 60s.  There’s more cloud cover off shore, though, and it’s spreading over the northern half of the valley as moderate to…

February 25, 2019 Summary:  Even with the heavy cloud cover, today’s temperatures will be rather spring like as they warm into the mid to upper 60s.  freezing levels are steadily rising.  The balloon sounding over Oakland overnight indicated a freezing level of 7,900 feet and 8,900 feet above Vandenberg.  For the next 48 hours, northern…

February 24, 2019 Summary:  Finally temperatures this afternoon will top the 60 degree mark on a widespread basis with mid to upper 60s likely Monday and Tuesday.  The overall pattern shows weak upper level high pressure over the eastern Pacific off the central and southern California coast extending inland into the Desert Southwest.  To our…

  February 23, 2019 Summary:  Wall to wall sunshine is observed across central California this morning.  The combination of lots of sunshine and weak upper level high pressure aloft will push high temperatures this afternoon to near the 60 degree mark in the warmer locations.  Readings tonight will largely be above freezing due to a…