Category: Forecast

January 17, 2018 Summary: Satellite imagery this morning indicates the entire valley is again socked in by fog and/or low clouds.  The fog has also crept into the lower foothill regions.  Bakersfield is reporting a visibility of ¼ mile, Fresno 1/8 of a mile, while Porterville, Visalia, and Hanford are reporting a low overcast based…

January 16, 2018 Summary: Today is similar to yesterday afternoon as far as where the fog and low clouds have cleared is concerned.  From Porterville southward, just high clouds are visible but north of a  Tulare/Visalia line, there is a low overcast based at between 200 to 400 feet.  Most locations are in the low…

  January 16, 2018 Summary: It is very difficult to tell that a frontal system moved through central California a few hours ago.  It had such little impact that it didn’t even disturb the lowest level of the atmosphere.  Thus, widespread fog and low clouds are again prevalent throughout the valley.  In fact, at last…

January 15, 2018 Summary: Skies have cleared over southern Tulare County and much of Kern County this afternoon where temperatures have warmed into the low to mid 60s.  From roughly Visalia northward, fog and low clouds have been persistent.  Current temperatures there are only in the low to mid 50s.  a weak weather system will…

January 15, 2018 Summary: The inversion above the valley floor is breaking up as a weak low pressure system approaches northern California.  Most of the low overcast has dissipated, however ground fog has formed from mainly Tulare County northward.  The latest observations have visibility down to a quarter mile or less from Visalia northward.  Above…

January 14, 2018 We will be out of the office this afternoon.  Reports will resume Monday morning.  Thank you.   Summary: All of the regularly reporting weather stations from Madera southward to Porterville are reporting one-half mile visibility while Bakersfield is reporting one mile under a low overcast.  Satellite imagery this morning is showing low…

January 13, 2018 Summary: Satellite imagery this afternoon indicates there is no clearing whatsoever anywhere in the valley with the exception of a few miles east of the coastal range, but that’s about it.  I do not anticipate any clearing this afternoon at most, if not all, locations.  Temperatures are only in the upper 40s…

January 13, 2018 Summary: Infrared satellite imagery designed to pickup the cloud cover in the lowest layer of the atmosphere tells quite a story this morning.  There is fog or low clouds stretching from the base of the Tehachapi Mountains northward through the entire San Joaquin Valley and most of the Sacramento Valley.  When I…

January 12, 2018 Summary: Low clouds continue to cover the lower Sacramento Valley southward to Merced County.  Partial clearing has taken place over parts of Madera County and most of Fresno County has a low but thinning overcast.  Southern Tulare and much of Kern County have partially cleared.  Temperatures vary widely and depend on the…

  January 12, 2018 Summary: quite an interesting infrared satellite image this morning.  During the early morning hours, a low cloud deck based at 3,300 feet began to form along the Sierra Nevada foothills of Tulare county.  As of the time of this writing, it covers just about all of Tulare and Kern Counties and…