Category: Forecast

December 23, 2022 The low clouds and fog as of midday had cleared over portions of Kern County with local clearing further north. The warmer locations in the south valley should reach 50 or a little above this afternoon due to the hazy sunshine. However, in the short term, the pattern has not changed much.…

  December 23, 2022 Once again this morning, the valley is packed with ground fog. Every single reporting station from Bakersfield to Merced is reporting 1/3 visibility or less as of 5:00 this morning. Computer guidance is useless during fog regimes.  On days where clearing is more widespread, temperatures into the 50s. on days where…

  December 22, 2022 A solid layer of low clouds and fog remains throughout the valley this morning. The base of the overcast is between 200 and 600 feet. For yet another day, clearing seems unlikely at most locations. Upper level high pressure continues to have a clamp on the valley. Warm, subsiding air compressing…

December 21, 2022 If anybody was to ask me to describe what a typical winter day is like in the valley, today would be it. As of noon, visible satellite imagery was depicting a solid layer of low clouds and fog stretching from the base of the Tehachapi Mountains on the south to Redding on…

December 21, 2022 The low cloud deck on the valley floor seems to have tightened up a bit. Unlike yesterday, the low cloud deck does not appear as ragged around the edges which is an indication that the inversion has tightened up above the valley floor. So, the cloud deck is denser and will have…

December 20, 2022 Much of the valley is still blanketed in a layer of low clouds. The base of the overcast ranges between 200 and 600 feet. There are pockets of clearing here and there but so far there seems to be less clearing today than yesterday, especially in the south valley. High temperatures this…

December 20, 2022 Most of the fog and low clouds this morning are towards the center and northern portions of the  valley. Further south there’s areas of low clouds and patchy fog. Enough mixing took place over the south valley to allow for partial clearing. Above the fog is a layer of high clouds which…

December 19, 2022 As of noon, the temperature at Porterville was 42, Lemoore 41, Fresno 40, and both Merced and Madera were at 39. There were some breaks in the overcast in the south valley. However, from Fresno County north satellite imagery depicts a solid layer of low clouds stretching from near Redding southward to…

December 19, 2022 Temperatures between Bakersfield and Merced are all within 2 degrees of one another, ranging from 38 to 40. Fresno had a high yesterday of 41 which tied the record for the coldest maximum for the date. This morning, from the lower Sacramento valley to the base of the Kern County mountains is…

December 18, 2022 Every location between Bakersfield and Sacramento is reporting either a visibility of ¼ mile to ½ mile. Visalia and Porterville are also reporting drizzle. Satellite imagery is showing the San Joaquin valley as one giant layer of fog and low clouds surrounded by clear skies. The tops of the overcast are at…