Category: Forecast

January 6, 2018 Summary: There are still widely scattered light showers over mainly southern Fresno County and Tulare County at this hour.  They will come to an end this evening as a weak ridge of upper level high pressure fills in behind the exiting storm.  Dry weather will continue tonight through Sunday night then the…

January 6, 2018 Summary: Doppler radar at this hour is indicating there’s a lot of shower  activity over Mariposa and Madera Counties and parts of Fresno County with most precipitation falling in the foothills and mountains.  During the predawn hours, there were some light showers in the south valley but they’ve come to an end. …

January 5, 2018 Summary: Skies are mostly clear over the valley this afternoon.  This is driving temperatures well into the mid to upper 60s.  a few locations may hit the 70 degree mark by the time all is said and done.  A southerly flow aloft combined with a subtropical low currently located roughly 400 miles…

January 5, 2018 Summary: A new low pressure system several hundred miles off the southern California coast is working its way northeastward and will move into northern California late tonight and Saturday.  Central California will again be on the southern flank of this low, so just a chance of light showers is expected, mainly north…

January 4, 2018 Summary: The light precipitation that involved most of the valley this morning has come to an end with most locations reporting mostly clear to partly cloudy skies.  A temporary ridge of upper level high pressure will govern the pattern through Friday.  another weak subtropical low will move into northern California Friday night…

January 4, 2018 Summary: The last band of light showers is currently moving through the valley.  This band is only 40 miles wide and it is flanked north/northeast to south/southwest through Santa Barbara County, western Tulare County and the Sierras of Fresno County.  This band is taking its own sweet time to completely move into…

January 3, 2018 Summary: Doppler  radar this afternoon is showing a great amount of shower activity along the coast, generally from Santa Barbara County northward with even a few showers in southern California.  This precipitation is spreading into Kings county and western Fresno County and will overtake eastern Fresno and Tulare Counties shortly.  The portion…

January 3, 2018 Summary: Upper level high pressure is finally giving way to a new weather pattern.  The first in a possible series of Pacific storms will affect central California late this afternoon through Thursday morning.  Models are not impressive on this subtropical system as the main low will move northeastward into northern California tonight…

January 2, 2018 Summary: Temperatures are running 2 to 4 degrees cooler than 24 hours ago.  This is due to the density of the mid and high level cloud decks which continue to stream over central California.  A gap between the current cloud deck and another wide expanse of subtropical cloudiness off the southern and…

January 2, 2018 Summary: Variable amounts of mid and high level clouds of a subtropical nature are streaming in from the southwest from a tropical low which is far to the southwest of California. There is another low pressure system located about 500 miles west of the central coast. It will begin to spread light…