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Old Forecaster: Redding Weather Outlook for June 13-19

Posted on by Chris Fontana

Weather Discussion: Those of you who follow my daily weather blog know that all spring I have talked about how strong the jetstream (storm track) has been in the Gulf of Alaska. Well, it has finally weakened and the high pressure is now along the California Coast, but it hasn’t gone away.

Normally, about this time of year, the flow across the Gulf of Alaska becomes very light and this allows a large high-pressure ridge to push northward over … Continue Reading →

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Old Forecaster: Redding Weather Outlook for May 30 – June 5, 2011

Posted on by Chris Fontana

Monday (May 30th) will start off sunny but clouds will increase during the day as another cold low-pressure area approaches the Northern California coast. High temperatures Monday will be in the lower 70s. This will be a very slow moving system and will be along the coast on Tuesday, over the north state on Wednesday and finally will move east of our area late Wednesday or … Continue Reading →

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Old Forecaster: Redding Weather Outlook for May 23-29

Posted on by Chris Fontana

Normally this time of year, the Pacific jetstream or storm track will weaken and retreat northward and a large high pressure area will build northward over California and western U.S. This in turn brings hotter and drier weather to the north valley and it is not uncommon to have temperatures in the upper 90s in late May. Not this year! The hottest Redding has been was 90 back on May 4th … Continue Reading →

Old Forecaster’s Weather Outlook: May 9 – 15, 2011

Posted on by Chris Fontana

Last week we recorded our first 90-degree reading of the year. It will probably be another 10 days to 2 weeks before we see another 90-degree reading. The low pressure area that brought clouds and cooler weather over the weekend is now moving east. The week will start … Continue Reading →

The Old Forecaster’s Weather Outlook: May 2 – 8, 2011

Posted on by Chris Fontana

High pressure is trying to push northward along the west coast and bring us summertime weather. The jetstream or storm track continues fairly strong for this time of year and is pushing the storms eastward across the Pacific toward the west coast. The high will keep most of the storms north of our area but the stronger-than-normal jetstream will also prevent the high from really pushing northward. This means … Continue Reading →

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The Old Forecaster’s Weather Outlook: April 25 – May 1, 2011

Posted on by Chris Fontana

The week will start off wet as a storm system moves through Northern California. This storm will be east of our area by Monday afternoon and skies will be clearing.

Tuesday will be sunny and warmer with temperatures in the upper 60s or lower 70s. Wednesday and Thursday, a cold low-pressure area (storm) will move into … Continue Reading →

Weather Discussion for the Week of Jan. 9, 2011

Posted on by Chris Fontana

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 →