Category: Forecast

December 19, 2021 There is still a lot of ground fog in the central San Joaquin northward into the southern Sacramento Valley. There is also a ribbon of fog extending southward towards the center of the valley into Kern County. Locations near the foothills to the east and west have largely cleared, creating a wide…

December 19, 2021 Denise ice fog and frost pretty much characterizes the weather this morning. Bakersfield, Visalia, and Lemoore are each reporting ¼ mile visibility or less while Porterville has a visibility of 3 miles. Fresno and Madera each report a visibility of 6 miles. Fog will burn off during the late morning hours into…

December 18, 2021pm Skies have cleared over much of Kern County and southern Tulare and Kings Counties. However, from northern Tulare and Kings Counties north to the Sacramento Valley, the low cloud deck continues to dominate. Upper level high pressure is already beginning to break down over the Pacific Northwest. High clouds are invading the…

December 18, 2021 The valley remains under that low stratus deck. It has lifted a bit, however.  Twenty four hours ago, most locations were reporting a ceiling of about 300feet or so. This morning, all locations between Bakersfield and Madera are reporting ceilings of 1,800 to 2,000 feet. Typically, when the ceiling lifts this high,…

December 17, 2021pm There is pretty much wall to wall low overcast in the valley  this afternoon. Generally, from Stanislaus County southward through Kern County.  Temperatures are only in the upper 40s at most locations, very little changed from this morning’s lows. This will be the main challenge through at least Monday night as upper…

December 17, 2021 After getting literally soaked over the past several days, a very moist layer of shallow air had no problem condensing into fog and low clouds overnight. Infrared satellite imagery shows the entire San Joaquin Valley covered with the wintertime soup. Most locations still have a visibility of a mile or more. Bakersfield…

December 16, 2021pm Doppler radar, as of 1:00 pm was still picking up on some showers along the Sierra Nevada foothills and along the foothills in Kern County. Otherwise, the precipitation is drawing to a close. Upper level high pressure is just  off shore and is beginning to ridge into the Pacific Northwest. By later…

December 16, 2021 A cold front associated with the latest system to affect California is moving through Fresno County at this hour with a band of precipitation. Once the front goes through, dry weather will return along with colder temperatures. The air mass behind the front is quite cold. In fact, most locations on the…

December 15, 2021pm Light showers have spread as far south as a San Francisco/Sacramento line as of the time of this writing. This is little changed from this morning. The front will be on the move again by this evening, spreading light showers down the valley, mainly north of Kern County. This system is much…

December 15, 2021 There are some rainfall amounts from this blockbuster winter storm in the rain discussion below. The center of circulation has accelerated eastward to a position over the Four Corners region. Much of the Midwest will be raked by high winds, rain or snow. Model information on this storm over the past week…