Category: Forecast

June 16, 2023 Summary: The very weal trough of low pressure over southern California will remain for one more day. This has resulted in the winds aloft becoming northeasterly. It is also, in part, responsible for isolated thunderstorms over the southern Sierra Nevada. As these storms form over the high country later this afternoon, that…

June 15, 2023 Summary: A very weak zone of upper level low pressure covers southern Nevada and southern California. This feature is adding just enough lift to the atmosphere to allow scattered thunderstorms to percolate over the southern Sierra Nevada and even over the Kern County mountains during the afternoons and evenings. Some debris clouds…

June 14, 2023 Summary: Changes in the world of weather will be subtle for the next week or so. The only active weather will be the risk of isolated thunderstorms over the higher elevations of the Sierra Nevada afternoons and evenings through Friday. There has been a very weak upper low stretching across Nevada and…

June 13, 2023 Summary: A very weak low pressure reflection extends from the interior west to off shore California. What that means is, a very weak trough of low pressure replaces low pressure that affected California this past weekend.  Temperatures will slowly warm  over the next several days, eclipsing the 90 degree mark by Wednesday…

June 12, 2023 Summary: Just a reflection of low pressure remains over Nevada and California of the system that resulted in scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly over the Sierra Nevada, this past weekend. This remnant low will slowly dissipate over the next 48 hours, allowing temperatures to finally move up to seasonal values. Average for…

June 11, 2023 Summary: A weak upper low is centered over Kern County this morning. doppler radar is showing very little active weather associated with this feature at this hour. However, models do show scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms developing over the Sierra Nevada and Kern County mountains later today through the early evening hours.…

June 10, 2023 Summary: The center of circulation of a weak closed low is located roughly 200 miles west of Santa Maria this morning and is drifting east/southeast. Variable cloudiness covers all of southern and central California however, doppler radar is indicating only a few light returns over the Kern County mountains. The low, by…

June 9, 2023 Summary: Now that we have a storm system that resulted in unusual weather out of the way, we turn our attention to a second system which also presents interesting possibilities. Currently, that system is off the northern California coast. The cloud shield is already almost on shore along the northern California coast.…

          June 8, 2023 ama Summary: The low pressure system which resulted in just trace amounts of rain at most locations to as much as .50 to 1..00 in Tulare and Kern Counties has now passed to the east so we can take the chance of rain out of the forecast. The center of…

June 7, 2023 am Summary: An upper low has drifted into Inyo County early this morning. Doppler radar is indicating showers over Kern County at this hour which will move from the valley floor into the Kern County mountains shortly. The low has been a very slow mover and will center near the California/southern Nevada…