Category: Forecast

June 4, 2018 Summary: All reporting stations yesterday reported temperatures at or above the 100 degree mark.  The hottest were Lemoore at 104 and Bakersfield at 105.  Temperatures will slowly begin to come down today, but you probably won’t notice it until tomorrow.  The upper high responsible for the short lived heat wave is moving…

June 2, 2018 Summary: Temperatures this morning are running anywhere from 5 to 10 degrees warmer than 24 hours ago.  Upper level high pressure continues to build inland, driving temperatures to well above average levels through Monday.  Readings in the warmer locations, even this afternoon, will jump into the upper 90s, eclipsing the 100 degree…

June 1, 2018 Summary: Today will be the transition day between the very mild temperatures of yesterday and seasonal temperatures today.  The layer of marine air on the valley floor will quickly mix out this afternoon, allowing temperatures to jump into the mid 80s at most locations, as opposed to the 70s of yesterday.  We’re…

  May 31, 2018 Summary: Temperatures this morning are running anywhere from ten to eighteen degrees cooler than yesterday at this time.  A robust on shore flow is currently underway in association with a trough of low pressure currently moving through.  Satellite imagery this morning shows coastal fog and low clouds all the way inland…

May 30, 2018 Summary: Temperatures throughout the valley yesterday soared into the upper 90s to the lower 100s.  rapid changes are taking place, however, as the upper high shifts into the interior west, allowing a trough of low pressure stretching from the Pacific Northwest to off shore central California to approach the coast.  Already ahead…

May 29, 2018 Summary: Low pressure over the Great Basin has moved far enough to the east to allow a temporary ridge of high pressure to build into California.  Temperatures already soared into the low to mid 90s yesterday with hotter locations this afternoon possibly touching the century mark.  The freezing level taken above Vandenberg…

May 28, 2018 Summary: Forty eight hours ago, the freezing level was 8,400 feet.  The latest reading taken overnight at Vandenberg was 14,500 feet.  Obviously, much warmer air has moved in aloft in association with building upper level high pressure building eastward behind a weakening low centered near the Nevada/Utah border.  Temperatures will take a…

  May 26, 2018 Summary: The trough of low pressure responsible for mainly sprinkles yesterday is still moving through this morning.  However, a swath of dry air has entered into the southern portion of the low, ending any further chance of precipitation.  There is still a good amount of clouds over Kern County and portions…

May 25, 2018 Summary:  The center of circulation of a cold closed low is just to the west of San Francisco at this hour.  The first phase of this event saw a strong surge of marine air move over the coastal mountains, forming a low overcast over the entire San Joaquin Valley during the early…

May 24, 2018 Summary: Skies will be mostly clear today but clouds will begin to increase tonight as a developing low off shore begins to make its move on northern and central California.  As expected, the southernmost portion of the trough is pinching off and is forming a closed low circulation.  This system appears to…