Category: Forecast

February 8, 2019 This morning’s report will be a little late.  Our doctor is demanding blood.    John and Trudy

February 7, 2019 Summary: Weak upper level high pressure will begin to slide eastward tonight, allowing the next low pressure system which is currently west of the California/Oregon border, to move southward into northern and central California Friday night and Saturday morning.  The Sierra Nevada will again be the recipient of heavy snow as models…

February 7, 2019 Summary: Lows this morning throughout the citrus belts are uniformly between 26 and 29 degrees with a few at 30 degrees as of 7:00am.  Minor modification will begin tonight, which is discussed below in the frost section.   Temporarily, we have a weak ridge of high pressure above us.  Even with the…

February 6, 2019/frost update Frost Discussion:  The very coldest frost stations this evening have reached the 32 degree mark as early as 8:00pm. At 8:15, Rio Bravo was at 31, Stone Corral, Lindsay, and Exeter were at 32 as was Lindcove.  By 9:00pm, Fowler, Ivanhoe, and Porterville had joined the 32 degree mark club.  Temperature…

February 6, 2019 Summary: Tonight will definitely be one of the coldest nights of the winter with widespread mid to  upper 20s.  strong radiational cooling will occur under a clear sky tonight and with little to no wind and dew points in the low to mid 30s, a very cold night is a given.  Currently,…

  February 6, 2019 Summary: Skies cleared overnight in all but the extreme southeastern corner of the valley.  This allowed strong radiational cooling to occur with frost stations ranging from 28 to 31 overnight.  More in the frost discussion below.   A northerly flow is now in place along the back side of a very…

February 5, 2019 Summary: Temperatures this afternoon are down six to eleven degrees over yesterday afternoon.  Dew points have plummeted anywhere from 13 to 16 degrees and have fallen into the low to mid 30s.  the freezing level currently over Oakland is lower than I’ve seen it all winter and currently stands at 2,300 feet. …

February 5, 2019 Summary: This winter has been very mild by historic standards, that is, up until now.  If short and medium range models are correct, temperatures will be well below average through at least the middle of the month.  An extremely cold upper level low is centered over northern California this morning and is…

February 4, 2019 Summary: As expected, scattered thunderstorms are popping at this hour, mainly towards the center and eastern side of the valley north of Kern County, though there was a cell near Delano this past hour.  Just got a report from a grower near Orange Cove of hail covering the ground and local flooding. …

February 4, 2019 Summary:  A fast moving cold front moved through the valley over the past couple of hours with a period of moderate rain at most locations.  I noticed Lemoore picked up .14 between five and six this morning.  The front is being followed by numerous showers and, once the daytime heating effect gets…