Category: Forecast

September 24, 2022 Now that it’s autumn on the calendar, it’s still summer on the weather map as a massive upper level high covers the western states and much of the eastern Pacific. Models show this to be a persistent feature with readings in the mid to upper 90s today through next Thursday. With some…

September 23, 2022 A blanket of upper level high pressure now extends from Texas to California. Over the next 72 hours,, the high will link up with another high over the eastern Pacific and will build a ridge northward into the Pacific Northwest. At the surface, barometric pressure is a tad higher over the Great…

the low pressure responsible for the unsettled weather of the past few days is moving out of northern California and will be settling over Idaho this afternoon. The air mass in its wake is still mild so we have one more day of moderate temperatures. Even though this is the official first day of fall,…

September 21, 2022 The low pressure system which had been hanging off shore at northern California for the past three days is now making its move inland through northern California. This is now a weaker version of the storm and only spotty light showers are showing up from roughly Sacramento north. The low will continue…

September 20, 2022 That same band of moisture which all day yesterday was feeding from south to north across mainly the western half of the central valley is remaining in place but has lost the deeper subtropical moisture, thus the light showers have ended. Doppler radar is indicating some light showers are falling, though, in…

September 19, 2022 That same band of energy we discussed on this morning’s report is still in place this afternoon. Light showers come on shore from roughly Vandenburg northward to near San Simeon with light showers moving from south to north through western Kings County and much of Madera and Fresno Counties. So far, Kern…

September 19, 2022 There is a band of showers roughly 50 miles wide which is moving on shore near Santa Barbara then stretches northward through northwest Kern County, through Kings County and then northward through Fresno and Madera Counties before sweeping through Yosemite. We call this a train echo as it trains over the same…

September 18, 2022 The center of circulation of a fairly robust low is just west of San Francisco at this hour. The counterclockwise circulation around this storm is pinwheeling light showers over the northern half of the valley from western Fresno County through Madera County north. Much of the south valley has been in the…

September 18, 2022 Doppler radar is indicating light showers have spread over the northern half of the valley this morning. Some of the precipitation is likely not hitting the ground. A heavier band of showers is moving on shore from the Bay Area down to roughly San Simeon. The center of this storm’s circulation is…

September 17, 2022 Satellite imagery this afternoon nicely depicts a developing storm still well off the northwest California coast. This system is dropping southward with the cloud shield already overspreading northern California. Yesterday, models began to show the center’s path moving a bit further north and that same trend shows up this afternoon. It appears…