Category: Forecast

December 30, 2022 Upper level high pressure remains in a stationary position roughly 2,000 miles west/southwest of Los Angeles. An atmospheric river wraps around the top of the high and currently comes on shore in northern California. A strong storm will move onshore later tonight, resulting in heavy amounts of rain Saturday and Saturday night.…

December 29, 2022 As of midday, light showers were occurring, especially along the east side of the valley. Most locations recorded less than .10 today with a couple of exceptions. Upper level high pressure continues to be anchored roughly 2,000 miles west/southwest of LA. The storm track rides over the top of this rather flat…

December 29, 2022 Light rain has spread over the San Joaquin Valley this morning. There is a high center roughly 2,000 miles to the west/southwest of Los Angeles, steering Pacific storms over the top of the high and into California. The first in the series is arriving now and it will drop another quarter to…

December 28, 2022 As of the time of this writing, the leading edge of the cloud shield of the next storm was located just off the central coast. Behind the leading edge is an atmospheric river of air which extends a few thousand miles out over the Pacific Ocean, finally ending up northeast of the…

December 28, 2022 Many locations received more than an inch of precipitation from yesterday’s storm. In the mountains, anywhere from two to three and a half inches accumulated. Today, we find ourselves in a short break between systems. The next wave of low pressure is not nearly as moisture laden as yesterday’s event. However, I…

December 27, 2022 An atmospheric river of air has been hammering central California, moving from west to east from San Francisco on the north to Ventura on the south. Surface observations north of Kern County are reporting light rain to even moderate and heavy at times. As expected, precipitation along the west facing slopes of…

December 27, 2022 The first in several storms has spread rain over almost the entire district. As of the time of this writing, the only exception was the southwest corner of the valley which is under a rain shadow. This first storm will peak this morning but with further precipitation this afternoon, tapering off this…

December 26, 2022 The weather pattern setting up this week is historically one of the wettest rain producers for California and I feel comfortable in saying flooding will become an issue this week with areas of ponding water on the valley floor and along the canyons of the Sierra Nevada from the Kern County line…

    December 26, 2022 By the time this week is over, we will have put another significant dent in the drought. Satellite imagery this morning depicts the eastern Pacific Ocean alive with activity. Precipitation estimates between now and New Year’s Day put out numbers of 6 to 8 inches of rain along the southern…

  We will be out of the office the afternoon of Christmas Eve and all of Christmas Day. We wish you the most blessed of holidays. John and Trudy       December 24, 2022 Then one foggy Christmas eve is an appropriate phrase this  year as all reporting stations with the exception of Bakersfield…