November 26, 2018 Summary: Quite a balmy afternoon after the fog and low clouds burned off this morning. Temperatures have warmed up nicely with most locations, as of 2:00pm, pushing into the upper 60s to possibly near 70 by the time the day is over. High, mainly thin clouds are spreading over the northern half…
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November 26, 2018/report
November 26, 2018 Summary: Weak upper level high pressure has formed a warm air inversion above the valley floor. The freezing level is back up to 10,300 feet. That, combined with recent rains, has set the stage for fog and low level clouds and that’s exactly what we have this morning. Most of the reporting…
November 25, 2018/report
November 25, 2018 Summary: Dense fog had no problem forming in various areas on the valley floor. At last report, Fresno was down to ½ mile visibility as was Hanford with Visalia and Madera both down to ¼ of a mile. Where it’s currently foggy, areas of low clouds may remain throughout the day, especially…
November 24, 2018/pm report
November 24, 2018 Summary: Much of the west side north of Kern County and portions of central Fresno County along with extreme western Tulare County have cleared. Most of Tulare County, eastern Fresno County, and the valley portion of Kern County still have mostly cloudy skies. In fact, some light upslope showers are occurring along…
November 24, 2018/report
November 24, 2018 Summary: Just a few light showers linger after a low pressure system moved through northern and central California yesterday and last night. Precipitation amounts over most of central California were not impressive with just mainly trace amounts in the south valley. There is plenty of lingering low level moisture on and just…
November 23, 2018/pm report
November 23, 2018 Summary: Periods of light rain are still moving through northern and central California, mainly as far south as Fresno County. Precipitation was moving northwest to southeast. The continuing low risk of light showers will be there tonight south of Fresno County and even from Fresno County northward, amounts will be fairly light…
November 23, 2018/report
November 23, 2018 Summary: As of the time of this writing, light rain had spread as far south as Monterey along the coast and just north of Merced inland. As the day progresses and a low pressure system moves through, the northern half of California will see light showers become more widespread. I’m still going…
November 22, 2018/report
We will be out of the office the remainder of Thanksgiving Day. We hope you have a blessed holiday. John and Trudy November 22, 2018 Summary: The first significant winter storm of the season has moved into the Sierra Nevada where numerous showers continue this morning from Tulare County north. The precipitation has pretty…
November 21, 2018/report
November 21, 2018 Summary: Believe it or not, light showers are occurring in portions of Merced County and western Fresno County. Satellite imagery, however, shows a great deal of instability with the deeper moisture field still off the northern and central California coast. Showers will begin to spread down the valley this afternoon, reaching…
November 20, 2018/pm report
November 20, 2018 Summary: Upper level high pressure remains over California but is slowly weakening. There are subtle signs that changes are occurring. Temperatures are 5 to 8 degrees warmer at this hour than they were 24 hours ago. Many locations in Kern County have jumped up into the mid 70s with readings moving into…