Category: Forecast

March 10, 2022 Currently, there is a fast moving trough of low pressure stretching from the Great Lakes region to central California. The active portion of this trough is mainly over the Rockies. Central California is on the far western rim of the trough. This will set off light snow showers over the Sierra Nevada…

March 9, 2022 Temperatures are running 3 to 4 degrees above yesterday at this time. Midday temperatures are approaching the 70 degree mark so a very pleasant afternoon is on tap. A trough of low pressure is currently moving into the Great Basin and will move into the desert southwest Thursday. The far western edge…

March 9, 2022 A large ridge of upper  level high pressure covers the eastern Pacific Ocean off shore and is ridging as far north as southern Alaska. A cold trough of low pressure is diving southward through eastern Washington and Oregon and will settle into the Great Basin Thursday. California will be on the far…

March 8, 2022 Upper level high pressure continues to dominate the eastern Pacific while a trough of low pressure is racing southward from western Canada. The low will move into Nevada and Utah Wednesday and Wednesday night. There is a chance of light snow showers over the Sierra Nevada. The low will move into the…

March 8, 2022 A massive ridge of upper level  high pressure covers the eastern Pacific Ocean and extends northward into Alaska. A trough of low pressure covers most of Canada southward into the desert southwest. A north/northwest flow aloft continues over California. The fact that we’re on the eastern rim of the high means temperatures…

March 7, 2022 Midday temperatures are running 3 to 5 degrees higher than 24 hours ago. Satellite imagery shows a batch of high clouds moving rapidly southward through central California in association with a trough of low  pressure moving through the interior west. Otherwise, mostly clear skies prevail. We continue to be in a sandwich…

March 7, 2022 California is sandwiched between a ridge of upper level high pressure off the California coast and a cold trough of low pressure covering the Rocky Mountain region and the desert southwest. This has generated a north/south flow over California. Even so, as the off shore high shifts a bit further east over…

March 6, 2022 Even though skies have cleared, California remains on the far western side of low pressure which has now moved into the desert southwest. A sharp ridge of upper level high pressure remains just off shore and will result in a continuation of a north/northwest flow aloft over California. On Wednesday night and…

March 6, 2022 Plenty of lower level  cloud cover blankets much of Kern and Tulare Counties this morning. Even with the cloud cover, most locations have chilled into the low to mid 30s as of 6:00am. The very cold upper low has moved off to the east into the Four Corners region. The freezing level…

March 5, 2022 The center of circulation around a very cold low is now in southern Nevada and is pulling away to the east rapidly. Doppler radar is still indicating light showers are falling over the Sierra Nevada and the Coast Range. However, most of the action over the valley floor has died off. The…