Category: Forecast

December 6, 2018 Summary: The last vestiges of rain are currently mainly focused over Tulare County but this area of light rain is shrinking with time and all of the precipitation will end by this evening.   Surprisingly heavy amounts of precipitation have occurred over Kern County.  Lamont has recorded .44, Mettler .25, and some unconfirmed…

December 6, 2018 Summary: Currently, light showers are falling mainly over Kern County and eastern Tulare County.  Doppler radar is quite impressive with heavy amounts of precipitation over Ventura and Los Angeles Counties, counties closest to the current center of circulation.  The low will continue to move southeastward, moving through southern California and northern Baja…

December 5, 2018 Summary: The center of circulation of low pressure is now about 300 miles west of Santa Maria and will be just west of Los Angeles tomorrow morning.  The counterclockwise flow around the low is pushing bands of showers from south to north across the valley.  The main dynamics, however, will remain off…

December 5, 2018 Summary: Strong, gusty winds are still blowing in some parts of the valley portion of Kern County, but are decreasing in others.  Over this event, Bakersfield has recorded a peak gust of 39 MPH, Lamont 48, and 51 MPH at the bottom of the Grapevine.  These winds will slowly decrease this morning…

December 4, 2018 Summary: Winds are cranked up over the valley portion of Kern County this afternoon.  They’re gusting to 45 MPH at Lamont, 34 MPH at Buttonwillow.  At Meadows Field, winds are sustained at 30, gusting to 36.  Winds are gusting to 37 at Mettler, 50 at the bottom of the Grapevine, and at…

­­­­­John Hibler Weather Forecasting www.johnhibler.com­­ johnhibler@johnhibler.com 573-776-3920                                 December 4, 2018 Summary: Doppler radar, as of the time of this writing, was indicating scattered light showers from southern Kings County northeastward through Mariposa County.  The radar returns are so light it appears just trace amounts of rain have fallen so far.  Light showers are…

December 3, 2018 Summary: Clouds from a low pressure system several hundred miles to our west/northwest are already crossing over the central coast and will be moving over the valley from west to east tonight.  These clouds will lower and thicken as the night progresses.  Doppler radar is already showing virga, which is rain not…

December 3, 2018 Summary: An unexpected batch of cloud cover streaked southeastward over California during the night, greatly slowing the radiational cooling process.  This resulted in somewhat of a milder night with considerably less fog than was anticipated.  However, skies are rapidly clearing along the west side of the valley so there is a chance…

December 2, 2018 Summary: The drier northwest flow behind yesterday’s low pressure system have mixed out the cloud cover over central California.  Even the mountain areas are now mostly clear as satellite imagery shows a nice mantle of snow up and down the Sierra Nevada.  Tonight will be relatively cold as strong radiational cooling will…

December 2, 2018 Summary: There is plenty of dense fog out there this morning.  Bakersfield, Visalia, Porterville, and Hanford are all reporting visibilities of ¼ mile or less.  Satellite imagery shows considerable amounts of low clouds along the east side of the valley and over Kern County where upsloping against the Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi…