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November 7, 2023                                                                      Summary  Rainfall amounts south of Fresno County are generally less than .10. As much as .33 has been tallied northward into Merced County. Site specific rainfall amounts are located below in the rainfall discussion. As of the time of this writing, light showers were still falling mainly in the southeastern corner of…

November 6, 2023 Summary:  As of  midday, a weak cold front was stretched from south of Lake Tahoe down to Monterey then out to sea. Along this front was a band of light showers moving through Monterey and Stanislaus Counties then into the Sierra Nevada. Light showers are also occurring over the higher elevations of…

November 6, 2023                                                                      Summary  Low pressure is centered just off the Washington coast this morning with a weak trough extending southward from the low into northern and central California. Doppler radar is depicting light showers as  far south as Fresno County with even a few sprinkles into northern Kings County. Even though these renegade showers…

November 5, 2023                                                                      Summary  A zonal flow continues across the eastern Pacific and into north America. Moisture laden Pacific storms are caught up in this flow and continue to move into the Pacific Northwest. The main trough of low pressure will dig further south Monday, spreading rain over northern California with lighter precipitation spreading into…

November 4, 2023 Summary:  A  band of high clouds is currently moving through the south valley at midday. These clouds are associated with a fast moving system that moved through the Pacific Northwest this morning. This system’s impact will be negligible as temperatures are  running a degree or two higher than 24 hours ago. Most…

November 4, 2023                                                                      Summary  The Pacific storm track remains very active. The latest in a series of storms will move through the Pacific Northwest later today with periods of heavy rain and strong winds for parts of western Washington and Oregon. This system will affect only the northern counties of California. temperatures through Saturday will…

November 3, 2023 Summary:  Temperatures at midday are running a degree or two cooler than 24 hours ago. Pressures aloft have weakened slightly above central California. Skies are clear over most of California. The only exception is northwest California where clouds are increasing ahead of the next weather system which will pound the Pacific Northwest…

November 3, 2023                                                                      Summary  The higher level clouds above the valley this morning are from a weather system that moved through the Pacific Northwest yesterday and has moved rapidly eastward into the northern Rockies. In the meantime, a zone of upper level high pressure stretches from off the southern California coast to well out over…

November 2, 2023                                                                      Summary  Infrared satellite imagery this morning depicts a continuous train of moisture from the Pacific  Northwest to north of Hawaii. This will result in periods of heavy precipitation for the Pacific Northwest and roughly the northern one—third of California through at least Wednesday of next week. a flat zone of high pressure…

November 1, 2023 Summary  In the short term, a high center off the southern California coast will continue to drive the storm track through the Pacific Northwest through Thursday night. On Friday, the rain line will drop into northern California. From Friday night through Sunday there’s a small chance light showers could spread as far…