Category: Forecast

December 2, 2022 Light rain is still occurring in a few areas of southeast Tulare County and over the valley portion of Kern County. The rain has temporarily ended over the rest of the region. Storm totals are as follows: Bakersfield .05, Mettler .14, Belridge .29, Twisselman .29, Delano .21, Kettleman .22, Huron .15, Reedley…

December 1, 2022 As of the time of this writing, it was raining steadily north of roughly a Hanford/Tulare line. Heavy amounts of rain and snow are falling from the Tule River northward to Lake Tahoe. A cold front extends from roughly Marysville southwestward through San Jose and from there out to sea. A strong…

December 1, 2022 As of the time of this writing, rain had spread over all of northern California. Light showers were moving on shore along the central coast with light showers moving into the central part of the central valley. Satellite imagery shows large swaths of tropical moisture moving in from roughly the north bay…

November 30, 2022 Satellite imagery over the eastern Pacific Ocean is quite telling. A plume of moisture northeast of the Hawaiian Islands is rapidly moving northeastward and will arrive Thursday. All this is flanked underneath a large low pressure system which at this hour is just off Vancouver Island. Rain is beginning to spread over…

November 29, 2022 Temperatures are anywhere from 7 to 10 degrees cooler than 24 hours ago with most locations reporting readings in the mid 50s. Dew points, however, are roughly the same and range in the 30s. The air mass now in place in the valley is colder and, with little in the way of…

November 29, 2022 Temperatures are anywhere from 7 to 10 degrees cooler than 24 hours ago with most locations reporting readings in the mid 50s. Dew points, however, are roughly the same and range in the 30s. The air mass now in place in the valley is colder and, with little in the way of…

November 29, 2022 Today marks the 29th day in a row that the overnight lows have been at or below freezing at the colder locations. Tomorrow night, we may be above freezing because of cloud cover, however there is more cold air on the horizon. A colder air mass has overspread the region which should…

November 28, 2022 The next 48 hours will be fairly tranquil if you don’t mind an increase in wind conditions which will help scour out the valley. Currently, winds from Visalia north are out of the northwest averaging 8 to 15 mph. This is the leading edge of a cold air mass which is diving…

November 28, 2022 Today will be the last day readings enter the 60s for a while as a considerably colder air mass will overspread the valley Tuesday and Tuesday night. This is all being brought on by a weather system  moving into the Great Basin with some modified arctic air along its far western flank.…

November 27, 2022 Temperatures and dewpoints at midday are running comparable to 24 hours ago. Most locations have warmed into the low to mid 60s with dew points in the low to mid 30s. Currently, a series of disturbances are running roughshod through the Pacific Northwest then southeastward into the Great Basin, bypassing California. The…