Category: Forecast

January 24, 2019 Summary: There are areas of dense fog mainly in the center of the valley from roughly south of Pixley to southern Fresno County.  Areas near the foothills have generally clear skies.  California remains right along the eastern rim of upper level high pressure off shore.  This is continuing to result in a…

January 23, 2019 Summary:  Satellite imagery this afternoon, as of 1:00pm, was indicating generally clear skies above central California.  The snow cover over the southern Sierra Nevada stands out like a light and one patch of low clouds near the Kings/Tulare County line is fighting for its life, but will soon dissipate.  The fact that…

January 23, 2019 Summary: As of the time of this writing, there was quite a bit of ground fog up the center of the valley from roughly the Kern County line on the south to extreme southern Fresno County.  This will lift into a low overcast and dissipate by late morning or early afternoon.  Temperatures…

January 22, 2019 Summary:  Other than some high, thin clouds which are streaming from north to south along the eastern rim of upper level high pressure off shore, skies are mostly clear.  The upslope clouds in Kern County finally mixed out during the early afternoon hours.  Currently, we are in a north/northwest flow which is…

Today’s afternoon report will be delayed due to circumstances beyond our control.  We apologize for the inconvenience.     January 22, 2019 Summary: Over the past few hours, most of the upslope clouds, which, in part, are still banked up against the Tehachapi Mountains, are dissipating with time as drier air moves in aloft.  The…

January 21, 2019 Summary:  Towards the center and west side of the valley, skies are clear to partly cloudy as of 1:30pm.  Towards the eastern and southern flanks of the valley, there’s still a lot of cloud cover against the Sierra Nevada foothills in Tulare County and are banking up against the north facing slopes…

January 21, 2019 Summary:The low pressure system and its associated cold front has moved into the Great Basin this morning.  There are still some showers occurring over the Sierra Nevada and the Kern County mountains.  Oddly enough, at last report Tehachapi was reporting light rain with a temperature of 32 degrees.  Sandberg above the ridge…

January 20, 2019 Summary: Showers are rapidly spreading southeastward over northern California ahead of the fast moving  cold front which will race down the valley during the late afternoon and evening hours.  The front will be joined by generally light rain and strong, gusty winds.  A deep low will develop over the Great Basin tonight…

January 19, 2019 Summary:  Not a bad day out there as sunshine prevails this afternoon, in some cases shining through a thin layer of clouds.  A weak ridge several hundred miles southwest of Los Angeles has built a temporary ridge northeastward into California.  The high will rapidly give way Sunday morning as a trough of…

January 19, 2019 Summary: There is a great deal of dense fog over portions of Fresno, Kings, and Tulare Counties with pockets of fog elsewhere.  High clouds have been streaming over the northern half of California overnight, inhibiting fog development further north.  The air aloft warmed significantly over the past 24 hours with the freezing…