January 7, 2019 Summary: The latest storm system has exited central California, resulting in some pretty decent precipitation amounts. More than a half inch was recorded over Fresno and Madera Counties sloping to just a few hundredths over the valley portion of Kern County. As this system pulls away, the next will be knocking at…
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January 5, 2019/report
January 5, 2019 Summary: A relatively strong Pacific storm is 200 miles to the west of the northern California coast with a cold front extending into northern California and a mass of subtropical clouds moving into the Desert Southwest and southern California. Light showers are occurring south of the Kern County mountains. Bands of mainly…
January 1, 2019 frost update
January 1, 2019 Summary: We are receiving some help tonight so far from a totally unexpected source. High clouds which have been moving south/southwest through Nevada are being enhanced by a lifting effect of the southern Sierra Nevada. They are forming a reasonably dense layer of high clouds based at between 20,000 and 25,000 feet. …
December 7, 2018/pm report
Considerable low clouds remain over the valley this afternoon, although skies have cleared out over portions of the west valley and pockets of clearing are taking place elsewhere. This will be the main challenge this weekend as a warm air inversion locks all that moisture in the lowest level of the atmosphere. The freezing level…
November 25, 2018/report
November 25, 2018 Summary: Dense fog had no problem forming in various areas on the valley floor. At last report, Fresno was down to ½ mile visibility as was Hanford with Visalia and Madera both down to ¼ of a mile. Where it’s currently foggy, areas of low clouds may remain throughout the day, especially…
November 21, 2018/pm report
November 21, 2018 Summary: Doppler radar on this Thanksgiving eve is showing numerous showers over northern California with mainly light showers spreading onshore moving from southwest to northeast along the central coast. The cold frontal portion of this storm will move on shore this evening then progress slowly eastward during the course of the night. …
Late Wednesday Report
October 23, 2018 Due to an early morning medical appointment, the Wednesday report will be issued in the afternoon rather than the morning. John
March 17, 2018/report
March 17, 2018 Summary: Currently, the valley is pretty much shower free. However, a secondary disturbance is beginning to make its move inland. In fact, radar is showing a batch of showers from about San Jose on the north to Salinas on the south. This batch will be moving into the valley later this morning. …
September 15, 2017
September 15, 2017 Summary: Can you believe it? Temperatures plummeted yesterday into the mid 80s, bringing a touch of fall to the air. Many locations are down into the mid 50s this morning with a few low 50s in the low spots. All this is courtesy of a trough of low pressure which is now…