Category: Forecast

July 5, 2022 Upper level high pressure continues to be displaced farther east this morning and is now centered over Arkansas. A big low sits off the coast of the Pacific Northwest with a trough hanging southward into California. This is continuing somewhat below average temperatures for the first week of July. The high over…

A low center off the Washington coast continues to build a trough southward into northern and central California. Temperatures  yesterday finally dipped below the century mark at all locations. Currently, there is a 5.1 millibar difference in pressure between Salinas and Fresno which is plenty strong enough to tug modified marine air into the valley.…

July 1, 2022 Skies are clear over California this morning with the exception of remnants of a former tropical storm off the central coast. Occasional batches of clouds will drift across the valley from the southwest today. the overall pattern is slowly changing. Marine air is surging through the Delta this morning. Winds at Travis…

June 30, 2022 A weak trough of low pressure off the coast of the Pacific Northwest will strengthen over the next few days, resulting in a cooling trend. Readings will slowly come down each day, by this weekend they will have fallen below average. This will give us a nice summer respite from the heat.…

June 29, 2022 Strong upper level high pressure is slowly drifting eastward and will incrementally allow temperatures to drop. For today, however, triple digits will again be the order of the day as the marine layer along the coast remains shallow. For the  fourth day in a row, it’s pegged at 1,000 feet. The air…

June 28, 2022 We still have two more days of triple digit temperatures as strong upper level high pressure centers over southwest Utah this morning with a ridge building northward into the Rockies. The weak off shore flow of the past few days has turned onshore this morning, but not nearly strong enough to tug…

June 27, 2022 Strong upper level high pressure is centered over southern Nevada this morning. At the surface, pressure is higher over the interior west than off shore. The current altimeter reading at Salt Lake City was 30.21 inches of mercury while at the same time, the reading at San Francisco was 30.05. even though…

June 25, 2022 Upper level high pressure is centered just off the southern California coast this morning with a ridge extending northward into the Pacific Northwest. Another high center is over Oklahoma. The clockwise flow around that high is moving moisture northward into New Mexico and Arizona. The flow aloft over California is out of…

June 24, 2022 After the unsettled pattern of the last 48 hours, we now find ourselves heading into a pattern which is fairly typical of early to mid summer. The low responsible for the active weather of two days ago opened up into a trough and is now over Montana. Upper level high pressure centered…

June 23, 2022 The low pressure system which resulted in as much as .25 inch of rain in isolated locations yesterday has now moved into western Nevada. This system is weakening and is opening up into a trough. It will continue to pull off to the northeast. Upper level high pressure over Texas is expanding…