Category: Forecast

We met with John’s oncologist Tuesday and the news was what we expected, only hoped we wouldn’t hear.  John has (here’s the technical stuff) a Stage 1A thymoma in his right lung.  In other words, he has a 1.5 inch cancerous mass in his right lung.  The good news to this is that thymomas are…

June 3, 2021 The center of circulation of strong upper level high pressure is directly above  central California, for the second day in a row.  Yesterday, Taft hit 107 followed by 106 at Bakersfield and Lemoore for  the hottest readings in the valley.  The air aloft remains midsummerlike with the freezing level at 16,200 feet. …

June 2, 2021 Both Lemoore and Taft registered highs of 107 yesterday for tops in the valley.  Los Banos, on the other hand, had a high of 99.  That location benefited from some leaking modified marine air through Pacheco Pass.  The center of circulation of a strong dome of upper level high pressure will be…

June 1, 2021 All of the key signs are there for a heat wave which could easily match a mid summer episode.  Above the valley floor, the air mass is extremely warm.  Sandburg at an elevation of 4,100 feet was reporting a temperature of 74 degrees at 6 am.  Even way up at Bear Peak…

May 29, 2021 The marine layer at Monterey is roughly 2,700 feet deep.  Pressure is lower over the Desert Southwest than it is off shore.  This is allowing a shallow intrusion of marine air to move through the Delta and Pacheco Pass.  Currently, winds at the top of the dam at Pacheco Pass are sustained…

May 29, 2021 The marine layer at Monterey is roughly 2,700 feet deep.  Pressure is lower over the Desert Southwest than it is off shore.  This is allowing a shallow intrusion of marine air to move through the Delta and Pacheco Pass.  Currently, winds at the top of the dam at Pacheco Pass are sustained…

May 28, 2021 Currently, there is a weak trough of low pressure moving through the northern Rockies while a zone of weak upper level high pressure extends from off shore California into the Desert Southwest.  There is enough of an on shore flow to modify temperatures just a bit from Merced County northward.  Winds at…

May 27, 2021 We are  still being governed by weak features this morning.  a trough of low pressure is currently moving into the Pacific Northwest while a weak zone of upper level high pressure extends from the eastern Pacific Ocean into the Great Basin with a weak west/northwest flow aloft.  A very weak ripple of…

May 26, 2021 The overall weather pattern is still governed by weak features.  A weak trough of low pressure extends from Montana southwestward into southern California while weak upper level high pressure governs the eastern Pacific into northern California.  Satellite imagery shows high clouds moving into southern California on a weak southwesterly flow aloft with…

May 25, 2021 Tests are taking longer than expected. Reports will resume tomorrow morning, May 26. Thank you, John and Trudy