Category: Forecast

January 22, 2018 Summary:  A few light showers have spread as far south as Salinas along the coast and Merced inland.  Doppler radar currently indicates showers are dissipating once they reach about Madera County.  The storm actually stalled overnight, leaving the southern half of the valley relatively clear.  This allowed temperatures to drop into the…

January 21, 2018 Frost Summary: The cloud shield ahead of a cold front currently moving into northern California has now advanced down to a Monterey/Merced line.  These clouds will increase over the remainder of the valley as the night wears on.  This will greatly slow the radiational cooling process, especially late tonight as the clouds…

January 20, 2018 Summary:  All of the upslope clouds which were along the Sierra Nevada foothills and the valley facing slopes of the Tehachapi Mountains dissipated during the early morning hours, allowing for strong radiational cooling, as expected.  Just about all locations this morning are in the upper 20s to the lower 30s as of…

January 20, 2018 Summary:  Upslope clouds against the Tehachapi Mountains and the Sierra Nevada foothills continue to regenerate over not just Tulare and Kern Counties, but also over eastern Fresno County up against the foothills.  The central and western portions of the valley are generally clear north of Kern County.  The big question of the…

January 20, 2018 Summary:As expected, plenty of upslope clouds have developed against the north facing slopes of the Kern County mountains and against the west facing slopes of the foothills of the Sierra Nevada.  Points north of that have partly cloudy to clear skies at this hour.  The upsloping is generating a few light showers…

January 19, 2018 Summary:  A surface low has developed over the Kern County mountains today.  This has slowed the pace of the cold front.  Light showers are still falling in portions of southeast Tulare County and from there, southward into Kern County.  To our northwest there are scattered showers developing along the Coast Range from…

January 19, 2018 Summary: Light showers are occurring over the valley this morning from Fresno County south as a cold front moves through.  Most locations, as of the time of this writing, have received .10 or so, and in some cases less.  The front will move southeastward into Nevada and southern California this afternoon.  This…

January 18, 2018 Summary:  The low clouds from the first part of the day are rapidly dissipating as a weak southeast flow moves up the valley.  Higher clouds are increasing over the northern half of the valley ahead of a cold front which is spreading light showers over northern California down to a Sacramento/San Francisco…

January 18, 2018 Summary: Yet another morning of fog and/or low overcast, depending upon location.  Bakersfield and Porterville, as of last report, were down to ¼ mile visibility, Visalia ¾ of a mile, and Hanford and Fresno were each reporting a low overcast based at around 300 feet.  In the meantime, rain is beginning to…

January 17, 2018 Summary:  Low clouds are just now beginning to clear in some areas, especially along the east side north of Kern County and no doubt other locations will clear before the afternoon is over.  We are not quite out of the woods yet with our fog regime as dew points are up around…