The National Weather Service’s Hanford office issues a weather update for Central California, forecasting a warming trend from today through Wednesday, with significant weather events on the horizon.
Clear skies dominate the central California interior as an upper ridge builds in from the Pacific, bringing a warming trend after below-normal temperatures on Saturday. High-resolution forecasts indicate a 60% chance for dense fog in southeast Kings County and southwest Tulare County, with probabilities decreasing to 40% over Merced County. This fog is expected to persist through Monday morning, primarily north of Kern County.
Saturday’s temperatures were 4 to 7 degrees below normal, but the high-pressure ridge is set to bring a warming trend, reaching near-normal temperatures this afternoon. By Wednesday, maximum temperatures are forecasted to rise 2 to 4 degrees above normal.
Looking ahead, the tail end of an upper trough moving over northern California on Thursday may bring light showers to the Sierra, with a 25% chance of one inch of snowfall above 6000 feet north of Kern County. Additionally, a 20% chance of one-tenth of an inch of rainfall is anticipated in the San Joaquin Valley north of Kern County.