January 15, 2023 Yesterday’s storm dumped generally anywhere from .25 over parts of Kern County to .67-.75 over parts of Fresno County and generally .33 to .50 over parts of Kings and Tulare Counties. We’re currently in a lull between waves of low pressure. The next and the last Pacific storm is just off shore…
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January 14, 2023 afternoon report
January 14, 2023 Rainfall is widespread throughout central California at this hour. A warm front is moving on shore along the central California coast followed by a cold front which is still out to sea. Significant precipitation will continue to fall through the afternoon hours then will let up for a short time only to…
January 14, 2023 report
January 14, 2023 If we can just progress through Monday evening, this prolonged period of wet weather we’’ve been experiencing will finally come to an end. Two separate storm systems will move through central California. The first system will encompass today through Sunday morning. The second, Sunday night and well into Monday. this first storm,…
January 23, 2023 afternoon report
January 13, 2023 A weak wave of low pressure is currently moving through the valley with a couple bands of light showers north of Kern County. The second storm in this series will come on shore later tonight and early Saturday with widespread rain. This system also has a minor atmospheric river attached which will…
January 13, 2023 report
The lull in the action the past 24 hours will come to a screeching halt later today. The first of two low pressure systems is already spreading rain as far south as the Bay. Satellite imagery shows the first system moving on shore later this afternoon and tonight. Models are indicating a 200 mph jet…
January 12, 2023 afternoon report
January 12, 2023 Variable high cloudiness is streaming over central California well ahead of the next Pacific storm which is already spreading rain over western Washington and Oregon. We are currently under a ridge of upper level high pressure which will be no match for the next series of storms. The first will arrive late…
January 12, 2023 report
January 12, 2023 Today is going to be one of those rare days where nothing is falling out of the sky. A weak ridge of high pressure is currently over California, but it’s on the move and will shift eastward allowing the next Pacific storm to roll in from the west by Friday evening. This…
January 11, 2023 report
January 11, 2023 Scattered light showers have spread as far south as Fresno County today. However, rainfall amounts are pretty scant. This system will shift eastward, leading to dry weather tonight and more than likely through Friday. The chance of rain will again increase Friday night, especially after midnight which will be the lead in…
January 11, 2023 report
January 11, 2023 As of the time of this writing, light rain had spread over the northern half of the San Joaquin Valley. Satellite imagery clearly depicts the latest atmospheric river of air, this time aimed at northern California. The southern limit of the precipitation will be somewhere across the valley, possibly near the Kern/Tulare…
January 10, 2023 afternoon report
January 10, 2023 Daytime heating is destabilizing a pool of cold, unstable air which moved in behind the cold front earlier this morning. As the atmosphere continues to heat, more showers will break out with a chance of scattered thunderstorms through this evening. After the evening hours, the showers will become more widely scattered and…