October 18, 2022 There remains an upper low about 500 miles off shore. It’s too far out there to offer any weather of any significance. Fairly weak high pressure continues to cover the western states. At the surface, there’s an off shore flow which will aid in the warming trend. In fact, warmer locations will…
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October 18, 2022 report
October 18, 2022 Temperatures are up 2 to 5 degrees over yesterday morning’s readings, signaling the beginning of a warming trend. The trough of low pressure approaching the coast yesterday has been deflected by upper level high pressure over the western states. The trough actually morphed into a closed low well off the southern California…
October 17, 2022 report
October 17, 2022 Yesterday, highs were in the upper 70s to near 80, meaning we actually returned to near average for a change. Today will show a marginal increase in temperatures due to the heavy influx of marine air slowly mixing out. A low pressure trough is approaching the coast. However, forecast charts do not…
October 15, 2022 report
October 15, 2022 The main feature this morning is a cut off low located just off the northern Baja coastline. Otherwise, a weakening ridge of high pressure covers most of the west with a ridge into southern British Columbia. The cut off low will begin to slowly move eastward today. As it does, it will…
October 14, 2022
October 14, 2022 A cut off low remains just west of San Diego this morning. The counterclockwise circulation around the low is creating an easterly flow aloft. It’s still possible scattered showers and thunderstorms may occur over the Kern County mountains and deserts, however the active portion of this storm is too far to the…
October 13, 2022 report
October 13, 2022 For the third day in a row, the northern limit of the circulation patten from a weak cut off low is just west of San Diego. The northern limit of this system’s cloud cover is over Kern County where some mid and high level clouds are visible. High pressure a lot wraps…
October 11, 2022 report
October 11, 2022 Yesterday, thunderstorms broke out over the southern Sierra Nevada and the Kern County mountains. A couple of these actually generated some flash flooding. This is in response to a cut off low which yesterday was just west of the Golden Gate and this morning is just west of Vandenburg. This system will…
October 10, 2022 report
October 10, 2022 Satellite imagery depicts mid and high level clouds over the Kern County mountains, the Sierra Nevada, and over parts of the valley. This is from a weak upper air disturbance which has developed just west of San Francisco. models show this system morphing into a cut off low off the central coast…
October 8, 2022 report
October 8, 2022 In the broad picture, upper level high pressure covers the eastern Pacific northward into the Pacific Northwest while a very weak cut off low is centered over northern Baja, or northwest Sonora. There is a great deal of cloud cover over northern Arizona and New Mexico via a very late season monsoon…
October 7, 2022 report
October 7, 2022 The current weather pattern is spotted with small features that really don’t mean much. Feature one is a very weak cut off low off of northern Baja. There is also an upper air circulation over northern California. These two features are embedded within upper level high pressure over the west and east…