Category: Forecast

December 8, 2017 Summary: Temperatures this morning are running from one to four degrees warmer than yesterday at this time.  A thin veil of high clouds moved through overnight which may have modified the situation a bit. Also, the air mass itself is modifying slightly, so temperatures will continue to move upward during the day…

December 7, 2017 Summary: Temperatures on the average are roughly the same as 24 hours ago.  Dew points are in the upper 20s to the lower 30s all the way up and down the line.  With this in mind, look for yet another night of subfreezing weather which is discussed in the frost section below.…

December 7, 2017 Summary: Temperatures this morning in the citrus belts range from 25 to 31 degrees with most locations from 26 to 29.  More is discussed in the frost section below.   We remain and will continue to remain under a strong ridge of upper level high pressure.  The center of this high is…

December 6, 2017 Summary: Temperatures are anywhere from 4 to 6 degrees warmer than 24 hours ago, but on the other hand, dew points are down anywhere from 1 to 6 degrees.  More in the frost discussion below.   A gigantic upper high is centered over the Pacific Northwest and engulfs all of western Canada…

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December 5, 2017 Summary: A relatively cold air mass is now at the lowest level of the atmosphere.  In other words, it’s trapped under a strong bubble of high pressure and its descending air.  A warm air inversion will be setting up as the week wears on, so this air mass will have no place…

December 5, 2017 Summary: Strong upper level high pressure is centered just off the coast of the Pacific Northwest and continues to build a ridge into western Canada.  At the surface, high pressure is centered over northern Nevada and Utah, creating a strong easterly flow across central and southern California.  There were some strong, gusty…

December 4, 2017 Summary: There are two high centers which are having a direct impact on our weather.  The first is a building high over the Pacific Northwest.  It extends southward into southern California and will cause a ridge to be built northward into western Canada over the next 48 hours.  In the meantime, surface…

December 4, 2017 Summary: A stubborn patch of cloud cover remained over much of Tulare County and southern Fresno County overnight.  The base of the overcast has risen to 5,000 feet.  Once it gets that high, typically the clouds begin to evaporate and that’s what I’m anticipating.  Some locations dropped below freezing last night.  the…

December 3, 2017 Summary: There is a great deal of upslope clouds banking up against the southern Sierra Nevada and the  Kern County mountains this afternoon.  As of the time of this report, it was generally overcast from Visalia southward with clear skies from that point north.  Porterville was reporting an overcast of 5,000 feet…