Category: Forecast

August 8, 2022 Our basic pattern is being governed by two weather systems. First is an upper low just off the northern California coast. The second is upper level high pressure over the Four Corners region. The circulation around the low combined with the flow above the high has again turned the winds aloft southerly.…

August 6, 2022 The burst of monsoon moisture that actually resulted in measurable rain in parts of the valley yesterday has now moved into Nevada. Fresno received .05 yesterday and Hanford .02 with most other locations tallying trace amounts to nothing at all. Shaver Lake picked up .52 and Wishon Dam .43 for the heaviest…

August 5, 2022 Every summer around four or five bouts of monsoon moisture work their way far enough to the west to affect central California. Doppler radar is showing scattered light showers from southeastern Tulare County northward through Fresno, Madera, and Merced Counties. A deep layer of moist air will continue to rotate towards the…

August 4, 2022 We continue to be under the influence of a very active monsoon pattern. upper level high pressure centered over New Mexico and Colorado is generating a south/southeast flow which is moving a great deal of mid and high level moisture up the Sierra Nevada and the mountains and deserts of southern California.…

August 3, 2022 Strong upper level high pressure over the Four Corners area of the Desert Southwest continues to be the governing factor in our weather. Moisture from the monsoon continues to work mainly into southern California, but chunks of cloud cover continue to rotate northward into central California, as well. Daytime heating will continue…

August 2, 2022 Our weather continues to be governed by mainly strong upper level high pressure over the Desert Southwest. We are also being affected by the remnants of tropical storm Frank, which is located roughly 800 miles southwest of San Diego. Doppler radar is picking up virga off the central coast, which is rain…

August 1, 2022 Plenty monsoonal moisture is rotating clockwise around the bottom side of upper level high pressure which is now centered over southeastern Oregon. Sprinkles occurred over the valley floor during the weekend. There were isolated spots that reported measurable rain. The heaviest I could find was just .03 at Porterville. The flow will…

July 31, 2022/supplement An abundant amount of moisture from the monsoon is rotating around the bottom of high pressure centered over northern California. Doppler radar is picking up sprinkles even over the valley floor this morning. These sprinkles are falling from debris clouds which are leftovers from thunderstorms over Nevada yesterday. As the daytime heating…

July 30, 2022 Upper level high pressure over northern California and its clockwise rotation is moving an abundant amount of moisture from the monsoon into central California. Heavy cloud cover overnight is creating some very warm conditions on the valley floor. Bakersfield was reporting 84 degrees as of 5:00am while much of the rest of…

July 29, 2022 This endless string of 100+ degree weather shows no inclination to end any time soon. It’s possible we’ll get a day in there with enough cloud cover to bring those numbers down, but by and large, triple digits will continue. Upper level high pressure is centered over northern California with a big…