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November 18, 2023                                                                   Summary:   Finally, the off shore low has been kicked eastward by another trough of low pressure moving through the Pacific Northwest. Doppler radar was depicting mainly light showers over the valley, generally over Merced County. Another batch of light showers is getting ready to dump into Kings County. The trough will continue…

November 17, 2023                                                                   Summary:   For the past four days, a cut off low has been situated about 400 miles to our west. As a result, precipitation has also remained largely off shore. That will begin to change later this afternoon as the low opens up into a trough then moves eastward towards the California coast.…

November 17, 2023                                                                   Summary:   For the past four days, a cut off low has been situated about 400 miles to our west. As a result, precipitation has also remained largely off shore. That will begin to change later this afternoon as the low opens up into a trough then moves eastward towards the California coast.…

November 16, 2023 Summary:  A cut off low continues to spin off the central California coast this afternoon. The center of circulation is roughly 300 mils to the west of Monterey. Satellite imagery is depicting a rather fragmented pattern out there. The low will finally begin to make its move towards the coast Friday. As…

November 16, 2023                                                                   Summary:   The light showers yesterday and last night dropped scant amounts. Amounts ranged from a trace upwards to .10 on the valley floor. even over the mountain areas, most locations only picked up a quarter of an inch or so. Satellite imagery is clearly showing a dry slot which will move inland…

November 15, 2023                                                                   Summary:   A rather fragmented low is located about 500 miles west of the central coast at this hour. There are several areas of precipitation rotating counter clockwise around a cut off low. Previous models showed one of these areas moving over central California later today. However, so far it looks like all…

Summary:  A channel of moisture with embedded showers has been feeding into northern California all day with showers from the north Bay counties northward. Central and southern California have been enjoying lots of sunshine with just some high, thin clouds. models show a subtropical feed of moisture moving from south to north, this time over…

November 14, 2023                                                                   Summary:   A cut off low is now located about 400 miles west of the Golden Gate. This will be a difficult storm to forecast as the parent low will remain off shore until Friday. Most models this morning depict a swath of moisture moving from south to north across central California later…

November 13, 2023 Summary:  A low pressure system which yesterday was off the coast of the Pacific Northwest, has cut off and is now located roughly 600 miles west of the Golden Gate. Since this is not a cut off low situation, this system will have very weak steering currents so most models show it…

November 13, 2023                                                                   Summary:  A large area of intensifying low pressure is located roughly 800 miles west of the northern California coast. This is the same storm we’ve been talking about for the past week. models continue to vary on the placement of this system. The GFS model continues to track it further off shore…