Category: Forecast

Summary:  Widespread mid to upper 30s are prevalent throughout the citrus belt this morning with colder locations down to near 30.  No doubt there’s a low lying spot or two out there that chilled into the upper 20s.  skies were generally clear last night, allowing good radiational cooling and with dew points low enough, fog…

Summary: Temperatures this afternoon are running anywhere from 17 to 21 degrees cooler than yesterday at this time.  The freezing level over Oakland earlier this morning had dropped down to 4,800 feet, which is by far the lowest we’ve seen so far this season.  At the same time, the freezing level over Vandenberg Air Force…

November 27, 2017 Summary:  A rapidly moving cold front is moving through the extreme eastern and southern portions of the San Joaquin Valley and into the Sierra Nevada at this hour.  Rainfall amounts so far have been quite light with most locations recording less than a tenth of an inch.  The heaviest amount I could…

November 26, 2017 Summary:  Rain has spread over northern California as far south as Santa Cruz along the coast and Modesto inland.  The main low center is off the northern California coast and will move inland tonight, driving a cold front through central California and spreading precipitation over the area.  The jet stream is flanked…

November 25, 2017 Summary: Temperatures this afternoon are again approaching record levels.  Many locations are already in the low to mid 70s, meaning a few locations in Kern County may top the 80 degree mark this afternoon.  A very warm air mass is already in place.  Now we have a weak southerly flow developing along…

November 25, 2017 Summary:  The usual suspect locations are now reporting dense fog.  Visalia, Hanford, and Merced are now down to a quarter mile or less with other valley locations generally between one and two miles.  Above the fog and haze are mid and high level clouds overrunning upper level high pressure which is currently…

November 24, 2017 Summary: Visibilities this afternoon are not all that bad, considering the time of year, with most locations reporting a visibility of between 4 and 7 miles.  As of the time of this writing, most locations were moving into the lower 70s with many locations, by the time the day is over, no…

November 24, 2017 Summary:  There is a great deal of fog north of Kern County this morning.  Fresno, Hanford, and Visalia are each reporting a visibility down to ¾ of a mile while Porterville and Bakersfield are down to 2 miles visibility.  Where it isn’t foggy, it is very hazy as a warm air inversion…

Summary: North of Kern County, there are again pockets of dense fog this Thanksgiving morning.  As of the time of this writing, Hanford was down to one-half mile visibility with both Merced and Madera reporting one-quarter of a mile visibility.  Hazy conditions are being reported elsewhere.  Satellite imagery shows a swath of mid and high…

Summary: There is plenty of sunshine out there this afternoon, however it is filtered by the haze in the air.  Visibility all the way from Kern County to Madera County is running 4 to 5 miles with the exception of Porterville which is all the way up to 6 miles.  High clouds are beginning to…