Category: Forecast

January 26, 2023 A large ridge of upper level high pressure continues to be anchored off the Pacific coast with one center off the southern California coast and another just west of the Oregon coast. A ridge extends northeastward into Washington and Oregon which, in part, is generating Santa Ana winds to our south. Fog…

January 25, 2023 A large ridge of  upper level high pressure extends from off the southern California coast northward well into the gulf of Alaska. California remains right on the eastern edge of the high and, with a northerly flow aloft, the high will not be able to drive temperatures excessively above average. Even so,…

January 25, 2023 Most of the fog as of 6:00am was basically parallel to Highway 99 from north of Delano to west of Fresno with patchy fog elsewhere. A relatively strong upper high is anchored along the Pacific coast with California sitting on the eastern periphery of the high. This is allowing for a minor…

January 24, 2023 Another day with hazy afternoon sunshine out there. There are changes taking place above the valley floor. Sandburg at an elevation of 4100 feet is 10 degrees warmer than 24 hours ago. At Blue Canyon, the temperature is 11 degrees warmer. Most locations on the valley floor underneath the inversion are running…

January 24, 2023 There is a river of fog from roughly Delano in the south to Merced on the north. This fog may fan out a little bit more over the next few hours then dissipate by the early afternoon hours. Upper level high pressure off the Pacific coast combined with a low center over…

January 23, 2023 Conditions are almost identical to yesterday afternoon at this time. Gone is the morning fog, revealing hazy sunshine for the entire valley. Just like current conditions, the big picture for the weather over the western US is little changed with a low pressure system moving through the Pacific Northwest and a large…

January 23, 2023 Skies are partly cloudy over some areas of the valley this morning. Bakersfield was reporting an overcast sky at 4,100 feet. It is also seasonably chilly as the air mass remains fairly cold under a northerly flow aloft. The balloon sounding over Vandenburg AFB indicated a freezing level of 4,800 feet, illustrating…

January 22, 2023 There is quite a bit of fog over parts of the valley this morning, mainly in Fresno and Tulare Counties. It will be pretty slow to clear off but most, if not all, locations will see hazy sunshine by this afternoon. Upper level high pressure stretches from the eastern Pacific off the…

January 21, 2023 Skies are mostly clear at this noon hour with temperatures rising into the lower 50s. upper level high pressure continues to build over the eastern Pacific Ocean and roughly the western 1/4 of the US. The squeeze play between the off shore high and a low center over the Desert Southwest keeps…

January 21, 2023 At the regularly reporting weather stations, only Visalia is reporting a reduced visibility. Visalia’s reporting ¼ mile visibility while all others are reporting 6 miles or better. Skies are generally clear not only for the valley, but for the entire state of California. A ridge of upper level high pressure extends off…