Weather Discussion for Monday, Feb. 28, 2011:
This morning’s satellite picture shows a storm system moving into the Pacific Northwest with the southern end dragging across Northern California. This is not a major precipitation producer and most of the precip will in the coastal and northern mountains, with light amounts in … Continue Reading
There is a lot of talk about the winter storm about to hit our area, so before I get into today’s discussion I want to give a brief description of the weather patterns that bring snow to low elevations in our Northern California area. There are two types of weather patterns that do this:
The most common pattern is when cold air … Continue Reading
The high pressure ridge that has dominated our weather is just about history. Today will be sunny with increasing clouds late in the day. A weak storm system will reach the coast Monday morning and will move eastward during the day. A stronger, wetter, and windier system will … Continue Reading
Yesterday’s forecast worked out pretty good if you were at elevations above 2,500 feet. The trough moved through, took the top off the valley inversions and things cleared out. However, my forecast for the Sacramento Valley really sucked … (as my wife told me when we were standing outside in the 34-degree fog … Continue Reading
It looks like we will finally get a few days to dry out. This morning’s satellite picture shows that the low pressure area has moved through southern California and the weaker offshore low pressure area is moving southward. High pressure is building over the Pacific Northwest and along the northern California coast. This … Continue Reading
***COLDER WEATHER BY THE END OF THE WEEK*** Click here for latest infrared satellite animation Click here for latest water vapor satellite animation Another low pressure trough is now moving onto the west coast. This system will spread showers and… Continue Reading
This morning’s satellite picture shows the low pressure area in the Gulf of Alaska with cold air dropping down the back side of it and then meeting up with warm, moist, subtropical air. Storms continue to form in this area and then move along the jetstream and into California. A few days ago it was thought that these storms would … Continue Reading
The high pressure ridge is now over California. There is fog in most of the inland valleys this morning, especially the Sacramento Valley. The mountains and foothills above the fog will have sunny skies today and above normal temperatures. The fog in the Redding area … Continue Reading
***ANOTHER COLD STORM TO MOVE THROUGH LATER TODAY ***HARD FREEZE IN THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHTS*** Click here for latest infrared satellite animation Click here for latest water vapor satellite animation ***BRIEF EXPLANATION OF SACRAMENTO VALLEY MINIMUM TEMPERATURES***… Continue Reading
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