Category: Forecast

December 9, 2021pm The rain has ended with the exception of some lingering showers over the Sierra Nevada as of 1:00pm. A colder air mass is driving down the valley.  It will  set the stage for some frosty mornings through  Friday. More on the frost discussion below.   Precipitation amounts were fairly significant in most…

December 9, 2021pm Rain at this hour is widespread in central California. The cold front is now draped over the Kern County mountains, spreading precipitation over much of southern California. Rainfall amounts so far seem to be in the ¼ to ½ inch category, so this system is pretty much as forecast.   A weak…

December 8, 2021pm The entire valley is enjoying hazy sunshine for a change with most locations in the mid to upper 50s, which is typical for the time of year. Well to our northwest, however, is a developing storm off the  northern California coast. This system will move into central California from Merced northward around…

December 8, 2021 It is another typical December morning out there this morning. Porterville, Visalia, Fresno, and Madera are reporting a visibility of ¼ mile or less. For today, we will be under a weak ridge of high  pressure which will quickly give way to a trough of low pressure diving southeastward from off the…

December 6, 2021pm The low clouds have cleared in Kern County and portions of Tulare County as of 2:00pm.  There was still a broken layer of clouds based between 1,100 and 1,300 feet from Visalia north. Areas of ground fog will form tonight as a clearing sky allows for radiational cooling. A very weak ridge…

December 7, 2021 Thank you! We just got off the phone with John’s oncologist and John is essentially cancer free at this point. The doctor said he does have some concerns about a couple of lymph nodes by the lung, but he doesn’t recommend any additional treatment at this point. John will have to have…

A weak trough of low pressure moved through central California overnight and is now in southern California where light showers are occurring. The low cloud deck remains locked onto the valley floor in spite of the trough passage. The only location reporting relatively clear skies is Bakersfield. Porterville, Fresno, and Madera are each reporting a…

December 6, 2021pm Most of the valley continues to be locked under a low overcast, as of 1:00pm. Mid to upper 40s are widespread with the exception of Bakersfield and Lemoore which are reporting 50 degrees. The pot is beginning to stir, however, as the low overcast is mixing out over Kern County. This clearing…

December 6, 2021 Yesterday was one of a handful of days in recent years where the fog did not clear at any location. High temperatures were generally in the mid to upper 40s with a few locations sneaking into the low 50s. the fog is off the deck this morning with Porterville, Lemoore, and Madera…

December 5, 2021 The fog is off the deck in most locations. A couple of examples are Bakersfield, where the ceiling is 200 feet with a visibility of one mile, Porterville is reporting one-mile visibility with drizzle falling, the ceiling is 300  feet at Visalia with ½ mile visibility, Lemoore is reporting a ceiling of…