Category: Forecast

July 16, 2022 The air mass above the valley floor is extremely warm this morning. Sandberg at 4,100 feet is reporting 80 degrees at 5:00am. Blue Canyon up at 5,600 feet was reporting 72  degrees while way up at Bear Peak at 8,200 feet the temperature is a balmy 68 degrees. The latest balloon sounding…

July 15, 2022 If you think it’s hot this morning, try this one on for size. Death Valley at 5:00am was reporting a temperature of 104. The valley can’t be compared to Death Valley, but nevertheless will be hot. A massive ridge of upper level high pressure stretches from the southeastern US westward to California…

July 14, 2022 Today will see the beginning of a prolonged heat wave which should last for a week or so. Yesterday, minor cooling occurred due to a shallow layer of marine air moving down the valley. Yesterday at this time the marine layer’s depth was 2,500 feet. This morning, it has shrunk back to…

July 13, 2022 Temperatures are running 2 to 4 degrees cooler than 24 hours ago. The marine layer has deepened to 2,500 feet deep and is surging through the Delta. Winds at Travis AFB are sustained at 27 mph, gusting to 32 mph while winds at Pacheco Pass are sustained at 18 mph. Readings this…

July 12, 2022 Central California continues to be on a balancing act between strong upper level high pressure centered over the Four Corners region and a trough of low pressure off the coast of the Pacific Northwest. Currently, the high is winning out, resulting in widespread triple digit temperatures. The freezing level has risen to…

July 11, 2022 The same strong upper high which in some cases has resulted in record high temperatures over the Midwest has retrograded westward and now covers real estate from California to Arkansas and Missouri. Temperatures which yesterday were right around the century mark at most locations will be pushed into the 102 to 107…

July 9, 2022 Central California remains sandwiched between a trough of low pressure off the coast of the Pacific Northwest and a high center which is slowly drifting into the Four Corners region. The high will continue to expand slowly into California, setting up a multi day heat wave beginning Sunday as hotter locations reach…

July 8, 2022 On this day in 1905, it was 114 in Bakersfield and 115 in Fresno, the hottest day on record for Fresno. The upper 90s which we will experience the next few days will feel like an arctic blast in comparison. Low pressure is oriented from northeast to southwest from British Columbia to…

July 7, 2022 Central California remains sandwiched between a low center off the coast of British Columbia and a large upper high centered over Arkansas and Oklahoma which extends into the Desert Southwest. This is creating a dry, southwesterly flow aloft. The flow of marine air which has resulted in somewhat below average temperatures is…

July 6, 2022 A large upper high centered over Arkansas this morning governs the weather from the southeast US westward into the Desert Southwest while low pressure resides off the coast of the Pacific Northwest. We are close enough to the low for occasional bursts of shallow marine air to move into the valley, maintaining…