Category: Forecast

November 9, 2017 Summary: The cold front has dissipated over central California, leaving only a few sprinkles from Merced County northward.  Further south, most of the cloud cover has burned off, allowing temperatures to top the 70 degree mark just about everywhere.  The air filtering into the valley is only marginally cooler than the current…

November 9, 2017 Summary:  A cold front is currently moving into Madera and Fresno Counties and is essentially falling apart as it moves southeastward.  There have been a few sprinkles but as expected movement is eastward rather than southward.  Precipitation has been heavy over northern California where more than an inch has fallen over the…

November 8, 2017 Summary: A band of light showers has spread as far south as Salinas along the coast with a few sprinkles even falling over Merced County.  This weak band of energy will move southward and weaken with very little chance of showers as far south as Fresno County.  A second band, which is…

November 8, 2017 Summary:  Temperatures this morning are running generally 5 to 10 degrees warmer than yesterday’s predawn temps.  This is partially because of a weak southeast flow moving up the valley, but more so due to advancing high clouds ahead of a cold front which is moving into northern California.  Doppler radar is indicating…

November 7, 2017 Summary: Looking at satellite imagery this afternoon, there are two distinct and wide areas of cloud cover moving into the Pacific coast.  The first is ahead of a strong low pressure system moving towards the Pacific Northwest coast with cloud cover extending southward into extreme northern California.  The second is the southern…

November 7, 2017 Summary:  Weak high pressure has moved in from the eastern Pacific Ocean, generating mostly clear skies over the valley.  Many locations have chilled into the mid to upper 30s with even a few river bottoms approaching the  freezing mark, but certainly nothing unusual for this time of year.  Temporarily, we are under…

November 6, 2017 Summary: Skies have generally cleared over the entire valley this afternoon with the exception of a pocket of lower clouds banking up against the Tehachapi Mountains.  Off shore, there is an upper level disturbance which will rapidly weaken and eventually move through southern California with no fan fare.   Upper level high…

November 6, 2017 Summary: Conditions are quite variable in the San Joaquin Valley this morning.  Over Kern County, a swath of subtropical clouds is moving through with even a few light showers south of the Kern County mountains.  Further north, there is a considerable amount of low clouds in some areas while from roughly Madera…

November 5, 2017 Summary: A cold low pressure system continues to spin over Washington and Oregon this morning.  Freezing levels are between 2,000 and 3,000 feet north of the California/Oregon border.  Some of this colder air has sunk southward into northern California.  For example, the freezing level overnight at Oakland was down to 7,000 feet…

November 4, 2017 Summary: Only a few very light showers, probably not even reaching the ground, are moving through San Luis Obispo and Monterey Counties then into Kings County where they disappear from radar.  This is all that is left from a dissipating cold front.  Still, a moist west/southwest flow aloft will continue tonight through…