Category: Forecast

January 9, 2019 Summary: Light precipitation is occurring north on a line from Santa Maria along the coast and Visalia inland.  Precipitation amounts in central California have been quite light, generally less than .10 on the valley floor.  Right along Highway 1, from Big Sur southward, Three Peaks received 1.93, Big Sur .93, and a…

January 8, 2019 Summary: Mostly clear skies and unusually warm temperatures along with gusty winds have been the weather story over the valley portion of Kern County.  As of 1:00pm, it was 70 degrees at Bakersfield, but once you got north of the Kern County line, readings were in the low to mid 60s.  downslope…

January 8, 2019 Summary: It has been a rather quirky morning over the valley portion of Kern County.  At the CHP office at the bottom of the Grapevine, winds gusted to 70 MPH and are currently gusting to 43 MPH.  Edison, at last report, had wind gusts to 43 MPH, Lamont 10 MPH, Mettler has…

January 7, 2019 Summary: There is a mix of various kinds of clouds over the valley this afternoon along with some sunshine.  A moist southwesterly flow is currently moving across the eastern Pacific Ocean and is headed towards northern California.  The last reported freezing level over Oakland was 9,700 feet, so just in case you’re…

January 6, 2019 Summary: Storm number one has already moved into eastern Nevada and southeast California.  In the meantime, storm number two is spreading precipitation over northern California.  Doppler radar indicates precipitation is as far south as Salinas with even a few sprinkles down to Merced County.  During the later morning and afternoon hours, periods…

January 4, 2019 Summary: The winds aloft are increasing out of the southwest ahead of a fairly well developed Pacific storm which will  move into  northern California Saturday.  Its associated storm front will move through the valley Saturday night and early Sunday.  If anything, models have moved up the chance of measurable rain to possibly…

January 4, 2019 Summary: Yet another chilly night in the valley as widespread mid to upper 20s were apparent north of Kern County.  In Kern County, there was some modification due to wind conditions.  Some locations only made it down into the lower 30s.  The winds aloft are now becoming southwesterly ahead of a low…

January 3, 2019 Summary: The long awaited nail in the coffin to that menacing northeast flow aloft has now officially been observed with funeral services pending.  A weak westerly flow has  now moved in overhead in association with weak high pressure which will begin to shift east of our region as early as tomorrow afternoon. …

January 3, 2019 Summary: Cloudless skies and a relatively cold but more importantly dry air mass led to strong radiational cooling again last night with widespread mid to upper 20s through the citrus belt.  Daytime highs today will begin to inch upwards with some locations, especially in Kern County, possibly enjoying 60 degree weather.  With…

January 2, 2019 Summary:  Air temperatures this afternoon are generally running 2 to 5 degrees higher than yesterday at this time.  On the flip side, however, dew points are generally 3 to 5 degrees lower than 24 hours ago and are generally in the low to mid 30s.  As you may recall, some dew points…