Category: Forecast

March 2, 2023 California is now on the eastern flank of weak high pressure, resulting in a northwest flow aloft. This high will dominate our weather through Saturday. A trough of low pressure, again from the Gulf of Alaska, will dig rapidly southward Saturday, spreading showers. By Saturday night, light showers will have spread as…

March 2, 2023 It is mostly clear and cold this morning. Temperatures are generally ranging from 29 to 32. The low pressure system responsible for the showers the past couple of days has now tracked eastward and is centered over New Mexico. We will be precipitation free for a change through Saturday as high pressure…

March 1, 2023 Showers are still developing over the valley portion of Kern County and along the Sierra Nevada foothills in Tulare County as of the time of this writing. Winds have picked up with most locations reporting winds out of the northwest in the 10 to 20 mph range. At last report, Lemoore had…

March 1, 2023 The center of circulation of the last low to move through a very cold trough of low pressure is centered over Kern County and is moving into southern California. Showers are still occurring over the south valley this morning but will end as the day progresses. Cold air is wrapping around the…

February 28, 2023 The last low to move through the main trough of low pressure is now digging southward into central California. As of midday, showers have spread as far south as Madera County. Showers will spread over the remainder of the valley this afternoon and evening. Showers will continue well into Wednesday morning before…

February 28, 2023 Through this whole sequence of events this past week, the eastern Pacific high has been located roughly 1,800 miles west of it’s average position. This has opened the floodgates of semi arctic origin to plunge southward down the west coast and into California with very cold temperatures and unusually heavy precip, especially…

February 27, 2023 The southern half of the valley is dry at this hour. However,, the next wave of precipitation is already advancing over the northern San Joaquin Valley and will move down the valley during the course of the late afternoon and evening. This is not the strongest in the series, but a good…

February 27, 2023 A very elongated trough of cold low pressure stretches from the eastern Gulf of Alaska southward to southern California. The air associated with this trough is very cold. The latest balloon sounding over Oakland indicated a freezing level of 1,500 feet, meaning snow is falling down to roughly 2,000 feet or so.…

February 24, 2023 Rain has spread over almost all of central California at this hour. The only exception is the extreme south valley where a rain shadow has developed. The center of circulation of a very intense low is located roughly 200 miles to the west/northwest of San Francisco. The circulation around the low is…

February 25, 2023 The current historic storm continues to put down staggering rain and snow totals. To our south, the LA basin has measured between 5 and 10 inches of rain. How often do you see Bakersfield pick up 2 inches of rain in a single storm. The following are rainfall totals since Friday morning:…