October 28, 2021 There is a sizable area of low clouds covering much of Kings, Fresno, and Madera Counties. As of 6:00am, Fresno was reporting a broken layer of clouds based at 2,400 feet and an overcast layer at 3,500 feet. Madera reported overcast skies at 2,500 feet while the Lemoore Naval Air Station reported…
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October 27, 2021/report
October 27, 2021 Fairly weak upper level high pressure continues to build from its center off the southern California coast. The freezing level a few hours ago over Oakland had risen to 13,400 feet, indicating decent warming aloft. This will be reflected in a warming trend on the valley floor as readings approach 70 today…
October 26, 2021/report
October 26, 2021 Just about the entire San Joaquin Valley was soaked with an inch or more of precipitation yesterday. To give you an idea how uniform the precipitation pattern was, amounts ranged from 1.08 at Parlier to 1.60 at Orange Cove. Porterville picked up 1.34 and even Arvin, typically in the middle of the…
October 25, 2021/report
October 25, 2021 Last week, on paper, my thinking was that the current storm would be a record event. Rain gauges north of Fresno County during the early morning hours were reporting rainfall rates of anywhere from .50 to 1.50 inches per hour. Staggering amounts of rain has fallen over northern California, generally in the…
October 23, 2021/report
October 23, 2021 It is rare to see such a powerful Pacific storm affect our region this early in the season. Fortunately, the drought has ensured that the water will be absorbed except for the possibility of poorly drained areas and the terrible burn scars on the Sierra Nevada. A strong winter storm will stretch…
October 22, 2021/report
October 22, 2021 The latest Pacific storm has spread rain down to Merced County inland and is approaching Monterey along the coast. Like its predecessors, the thrust of this storm is more eastward than southward. Showers will continue to spread south and could make it all the way to Kern County later this evening, but…
October 21, 2021/report
October 20, 2021 The active weather pattern continues over the eastern Pacific. The latest storm to move inland is spreading a narrow band of showers from southwest to northeast through the Bay Area and up into the Sacramento Valley. The main band of energy is not too impressive. Showers will spread no further south…
October 20, 2021/report
October 20, 2021 The next weather system will spread showers into northern California tonight and early Thursday. Light showers could spread as far south as a Monterey/Merced/Yosemite line, but for now it appears the bulk of the San Joaquin Valley will remain dry. Models still show a very active pattern over the eastern Pacific. We’re…
October 19 2021/report
October 19, 2021 A very active pattern remains over the eastern Pacific Ocean. Yesterday’s system, which dropped just under .10 at most locations, has now raced eastward and is moving into Colorado. Satellite imagery is clearly depicting a wide swath of cloud cover over the eastern Pacific which is now spreading into northern California. Cloud…
October 18, 2021/report
Once again we apologize. John had to be rushed to the ER again Friday morning. Turns out that not only does he have pneumonia, but he also has a pocket of fluid outside the lung that has to be surgically drained. We’ll keep you posted as further developments come up. October 18, 2021…