Category: Forecast

February 19, 2023 Currently, upper level high pressure resides in the Gulf of Alaska. Over the next 24 hours, the high will begin to buckle. This will allow a very cold  low to develop in the northeast Gulf of Alaska. Models show this low sliding southward into the Pacific Northwest Sunday, northern California Tuesday, and…

February 18, 2023 Both temperatures and dew points are near where they were yesterday at this time. Temperatures are nearing 60 at the warmer locations on the valley floor while dew points range from the mid 20s to the lower 30s. Skies are generally clear over central California. Plenty of cloud cover has moved into…

February 18, 2023 A closed low is located roughly 600 miles west of the southern California coast this morning. The veil of high clouds which was over us the past two days has largely drifted southward out of the area with the low. With mostly clear skies last night, yet another frost/freeze event occurred. Lindsay,…

February 17, 2023 Low pressure is located roughly 500 miles west of the central coast this afternoon. The circulation around the low is moving high clouds from south to north across California. Soundings above Lemoore and Fresno peg the base of the clouds at 20,000 feet above Fresno and 23,000 above Lemoore. Despite the high…

February 17, 2023 Currently, a closed low is centered roughly 500 miles west of the Golden Gate. The only impact on California’s weather is a veil of high clouds which helped moderate overnight temperatures. Even so, some of the coldest frost pockets dipped briefly into the upper 20s with most locations in the lower 30s.…

  February 16, 2023 A great deal of high clouds are streaming over central California from a low center off the northern California coast. These clouds may be dense enough to hold temperatures tonight a tad above what we earlier expected. That same low will drift slowly southward parallel to the coast, eventually moving inland…

February 16, 2023 This morning was equally as cold as yesterday morning. Cutler, Ivanhoe, Lindcove, and Ducor all fell to 26 degrees as of 6:00am with most other locations between 27 and 29. The air mass above the valley floor is beginning to warm, however. The freezing level has jumped up to 6,600 feet compared…

February 15, 2023 By the standards of mid February, it is very cold out there this afternoon. The noon observation at Bakersfield showed a temperature of just 47, 49 at Porterville, and 48 at Visalia. Most locations further north in the valley were in the 50 degree range. Dew points have crept up a bit…

February 15, 2023 It’s a very cold morning out there as Fowler and Lindsay are each at 25 degrees, Strathmore 26, and many other locations are between 27 and 30. Similar conditions can be expected tonight with readings perhaps more uniform from place to place due to lack of cloud cover and near calm winds.…

Looking at the midday satellite image, there are two items of interest. One is a piece of energy and associated cloud cover. The second is an area of upslope clouds banking up against the Sierra Nevada and the Kern County mountains. Strong, gusty winds are blowing down the valley. At last observation, Fresno had gusts…