October 16, 2017 Summary: Upper level high pressure has taken complete control of our weather pattern. The high is centered over northern Mexico and bulges northward into northern California. A zonal flow will persist through Tuesday night which will result in tropical cloud cover from time to time, but even so it will remain mostly…
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October 15, 2017 update
October 15, 2017 Summary: Short term, the combination of upper level high pressure building in from the west and the south and an off shore flow which is being created by a much colder air mass is causing the warming. Barometric pressure is also rising over the interior west and this is generating an off…
October 14, 2017 report
October 14, 2017 Summary: Upper level high pressure is just off shore and will begin to track eastward over California beginning today. Of more importance is a deep low pressure system which is currently barreling through Idaho and Utah. This is allowing surface high pressure to fill in behind the storm. This, in turn, will…
October 13, 2017
October 13, 2017 Summary: The coldest temperature as of 6:00am was 34 degrees north of Madera while Maricopa and Fowler chilled to 36. At least, that’s the coldest I could find. Most other ag locations were in the upper 30s to the lower 40s. we should see a repeat performance tonight because of continuing very…
October 12, 2017
October 12, 2017 Summary: Temperatures are anywhere from 5 to 8 degrees cooler than 24 hours ago. This is all being caused by low pressure which yesterday moved into the Pacific Northwest and has moved into the northern Rockies. Another low is digging from north to south into the Pacific Northwest. It will arrive late…
October 11, 2017
October 11, 2017 Summary: A deep low pressure system is centered over Washington State this morning with a trough extending southward into northern California. The only evidence of this low is a few high clouds moving overhead from time to time. The marine layer which yesterday was roughly 500 feet is more than 4,000 feet…
October 10, 2017
October 10, 2017 Summary: The winds that tore through Kern County yesterday dried out the air to the point where, as of 6:00am, Bakersfield had a dew point of 13 with a relative humidity of 12%. The dry air will continue for the remainder of the day with dew points beginning to recover tonight and…
October 9, 2017
October 9, 2017 Summary: A low pressure system which has moved through the Great Basin is now centered over Colorado. The counterclockwise flow around this low is creating strong Santa Ana winds in southern California. Models indicate that there is a good chance these winds will blow down slope off the Tehachapi Mountains and extreme…
October 7 report
October 7, 2017 Summary: Currently, an area of low pressure is moving into the Pacific Northwest. This system will eventually move into the Great Basin, generating a strong off shore flow. The freezing level has come up overnight and is currently 15,500 feet. The marine layer along the coast is almost nonexistent with a depth…
October 6, 2017
October 6, 2017 Summary: The trough of low pressure which has been lingering over the Great Basin for several days is finally moving eastward into the Rocky Mountain region. This is allowing upper level high pressure to slowly build in from the west. At the surface, high pressure will develop over the Great Basin, creating…