BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — A decent Pacific frontal boundary pushed across Kern County during the early morning hours of Sunday. Respectable rainfall totals were seen from the South Valley into the Kern River Valley and some of the west-facing foothill and mountain locations too.
The Woody rain gauge (about halfway between McFarland and the KRV) led the pack with a solid half inch of rain. Meadows Field picked up 0.18 and areas around the Kern River Valley picked up anywhere between about a tenth of an inch to just less than a half inch. The mountain valleys and the desert towns got a bit less in the way of accumulations this go around.
Tonight, high-resolution computer models and satellite imagery point to the center of the low pressure area working across northern California, with a reinforcing spoke of energy coming across the Pacific just off the central California coast. It appears that these two features will consolidate into a “single spin” during the mid-morning to early afternoon Monday right over the Central California interior, at which point the center of this upper-level-low will pass over or very close to, Kern County.
This could keep an on-and-off shower possibility going for the next 24 hours or so, as potpourri-weather will characterize the atmosphere for the next day. The combination of lift and instability could allow for some areas to be sunny, while other places could be rainy, and small hail can’t be ruled out, especially during the day for an isolated spot…