February 25, 2023 I’ve been forecasting weather in the valley for roughly 25 years and this current storm is the most impressive I can remember. Rainfall amounts over most of the valley has been historic. Here are a few examples: Fresno 2.92, Hanford 3.15, Lemoore 4.15, Bakersfield 1.52, Buttonwillow 1.66, Belridge 4.85, Visalia 2.73, Tulare…
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February 24, 2023 afternoon report
February 24, 2023 Doppler radar is showing a solid area of precipitation stretching from roughly San Simeon on the north to Orange County on the south. Heavy precipitation extends from near Santa Maria northeastward through much of the central San Joaquin Valley. Another swath of heavy rain is currently moving into the Los Angeles basin…
February 24, 2023 report
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…
February 23, 2023 afternoon report
February 23, 2023 Active weather continues over central California at this hour. Over the valley floor, showers are widely scattered with widespread snow up and down the Sierra Nevada. Storm number 2 is now centered just off the coast of northwest Oregon. This is a coastal hugger and as the low continues to intensify, it…
February 23, 2023 report
February 23, 2023 I honestly wish I felt better so I could describe all the major events going on in central California weather. There are blizzard warnings out for the Sierra Nevada and the kern County mountains, various winter advisories for the Coast Range, the potential for strong winds Thursday night through Friday along with…
February 22, 2023 report
February 22, 2023 A massive winter storm now covers the western half of the US. The portion of the trough over California is moisture starved. Doppler radar is indicating showers along the California coast, but they’re off shore, moving from north to south. There’s another area of precipitation over the southern Sierra Nevada and the…
February 21, 2023 afternoon report
February 21, 2023 Light rain and snow showers have spread over the Mount Shasta/Siskiyou region and northwest California as a very cold low stretches from British Columbia to near the California/Oregon border. This storm will quickly dig southward this afternoon and tonight, spreading snow showers down the Sierra Nevada with a chance of light showers…
February 21, 2023 report
February 21, 2023 The leading edge of an arctic low has moved into the Pacific Northwest. Before this air mass turns our spring back into winter, we will sneak in one more pleasant afternoon before at least a week’s worth of winter weather pummels California. Currently, the freezing level above Oakland is at 10,700 feet.…
February 20, 2023 afternoon report
February 20, 2023 Upper level high pressure off the coast of the Pacific Northwest and northern California is being suppressed to the southwest, farther out over the ocean. This is allowing a very cold low pressure system in the northeast Gulf of Alaska to begin sliding southward into the Pacific Northwest Monday. models show this…
February 20, 2023 report
February 20, 2023 Finally, that upper low off the northern Baja coastline is beginning to shift eastward. In the meantime, upper level high pressure over the eastern Pacific is shifting westward further out over the Pacific Ocean. This is allowing a low to form in the northeast Gulf of Alaska which will slide rapidly due…