December 12, 2018 Summary: It was quite a mixed bag last night. the low overcast hung in there all night long in Tulare County and portions of Kern County where overnight lows were well into the 40s. In Madera and Fresno Counties, temperatures had no trouble dropping into the mid 30s as skies cleared there. …
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December 11, 2018/pm report
December 11, 2018 Summary: The low clouds have cleared along the entire west side and over parts of the central valley. They’re eroding from north to south from Madera County southward to Kern County. Still, if you look at satellite imagery, it almost appears that cloud cover is regenerating in Kern and Tulare Counties and…
December 11, 2018/report
December 11, 2018 Summary: There is one sure sign that the low overcast will clear today and that is the fact that the base of the overcast has risen to over 3,000 feet. In fact, fog is a problem at Tehachapi as they are enjoying the benefits of what valley residents typically go through this…
December 10, 2018/pm report
December 10, 2018 Summary: The low clouds and fog have cleared over the Sacramento Valley and down to near Stockton in the San Joaquin Valley. The remainder of the San Joaquin Valley, however, and the adjacent foothills are still locked in with a low overcast. The base of the overcast seems to be ranging at…
December 10, 2018/report
December 10, 2018 Summary: Temperatures this morning are uniformly in the upper 40s all the way from Kern County through the lower Sacramento Valley. This, of course, is due to a low overcast which is generally based between 800 and 2,000 feet, depending upon weather station. A weak trough of low pressure will be moving…
December 9, 2018/report
December 8, 2018 Summary: The ground fog last night has lifted into a low overcast and has expanded to cover the entire San Joaquin Valley and most of the Sacramento Valley and adjacent foothills. The base of the overcast is quite uniform, ranging from 900 feet at Visalia to 1,100 feet at Fresno. Temperatures are…
December 8, 2018/pm report
December 8, 2018 Summary: Upper level high pressure is now directly overhead. The freezing level this morning above Vandenberg AFB had jumped to 11,800 feet. Most locations as of 1:00pm had decent highway visibilities. The ground fog this morning has lifted into a low overcast. Over Bakersfield, the overcast was based at 1,000 feet and…
December 8, 2018/report
December 8, 2018 Summary: All locations in the San Joaquin Valley are reporting dense fog or low clouds and in some cases, a combination of both. Fairly weak upper level high pressure resides over California now with the freezing level now up to 10,300 feet. Temperature forecasting through Monday will be difficult as it will…
December 7, 2018/pm report
Considerable low clouds remain over the valley this afternoon, although skies have cleared out over portions of the west valley and pockets of clearing are taking place elsewhere. This will be the main challenge this weekend as a warm air inversion locks all that moisture in the lowest level of the atmosphere. The freezing level…
December 7, 2018/report
Summary: Abundant low level moisture has been left behind by the storm system which brought generally light rain to the valley. The exception was Kern County which, in some cases, recorded upwards of a half inch. Copious amounts of rain fell over southern California with three to five inches in some cases over the mountains…