BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — Kern County finds itself sandwiched between a ridge of high pressure to the northwest and an area of low pressure to the south. Enough space now exists between the two to relax the pressure gradient, which means the winds across our region quieted down substantially closing out the weekend yesterday compared to beginning it the day before. The “offshore” flow bumped up the afternoon temperatures substantially with thermometers hitting 90 from Santa Monica to Huntington Beach. Kern County was warm with a high just shy of 80 in Bakersfield.
Computer models continue to paint a stormless scene consisting of one area of high pressure handing it off to another one anticipated to take over where the previous ridge left off. The result: continued quiet and…..