Category: Forecast

January 29, 2019 Summary:  Mostly cloudy conditions continue over central California this afternoon.  Doppler radar continues to indicate precipitation is falling from clouds but not necessarily reaching the ground, mainly over Kern and Tulare Counties.  Light showers are definitely occurring over the higher elevations of the Kern County mountains and the Tulare County portion of…

January 29, 2019 Summary: A very weak upper air disturbance developed off the northern California coast overnight and has now slid southeastward over north/central California.  A lot of virga…rain falling but not reaching the ground…is being picked up by radar with even a few locations towards Merced and Modesto reporting sprinkles.  This system will slide…

January 28, 2019 Summary:  Variable mid and high level clouds continue to stream in from the southwest.  These clouds are subtropical, basically spin offs from a rapidly weakening low well off the Baja coast.  Periods of mid and high level clouds will continue to stream over the valley through Wednesday then a compact low pressure…

January 28, 2019 Summary: Upper level high pressure extends from just off the North American coast with the northern rim of the high stretching as far  north as the Arctic Circle.  This is allowing bitterly cold air to slide southward from the northern reaches of Canada into the Midwest.  Thankfully, we have that high shielding…

January 27, 2019 Summary: Even despite high clouds over the valley overnight, there a good amount of ground fog, mainly towards the center of the valley north of Kern County.  The fog will do its usual repeat performance of burning off during the late morning and early afternoon.  Upper level  high pressure this morning has…

January 26, 2019 Summary:  A layer of high clouds based at 25,000 feet is resulting in filtered sunshine this afternoon.  These clouds are cirrus and made of ice.  They are not a precursor of any storminess.  Over the eastern Pacific, there’s a great deal of cloud cover off shore, some of which will overrun the …

  January 26, 2019 Summary: The center of circulation of upper level high pressure is only about 100 miles off shore and will move overhead today through Sunday.  The freezing level went up roughly 1,000 feet overnight and now stands at 13,300 feet above Vandenberg.  Most locations on the valley floor are up 2 to…

January 25, 2019 Summary:  Temperatures are running from 1 to 3 degrees warmer than yesterday at this time with most locations approaching the 60 degree mark as of 1:00pm.  Dew points have also risen 1 to 3 degrees and are generally in the mid to upper 40s.  the ground fog which extended from the Sacramento…

January 25, 2019 Summary: Looking at infrared satellite imagery this morning, we find that the fog covers considerably more real estate that in previous mornings.  There are wide areas of fog extending from just north of the Kern County line all the way northward into the lower Sacramento Valley.  Even so, the lion’s share of…

January 24, 2019 Summary:  The ground fog which was up the center of the valley this morning has dissipated, leaving hazy afternoon sunshine and temperatures in the mid to upper 50s as of 1:00pm.  Upper level high pressure remains anchored just off the Pacific coast and covers about the western one-fourth of the U.S.  The…