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Current conditions
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Forecast
10-day-
Friday
A chance of rain before 5pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 48. West northwest wind 0 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
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Friday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 40. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
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Saturday
Sunny, with a high near 56. South wind 0 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
National Weather Service forecast updated 19 hrs ago.
Hourly
Hourly forecast- Now41°15%
- 8 AM42°15%
- 9 AM42°15%
- 10 AM44°15%
- 11 AM44°28%
- 12 PM45°28%
- 1 PM46°28%
- 2 PM46°28%
- 3 PM47°28%
- 4 PM47°28%
- 5 PM48°
- 6 PM46°
- 7 PM45°
- 8 PM45°
- 9 PM43°
- 10 PM43°
- 11 PM43°
- Sat12 AM43°
- 1 AM42°
- 2 AM42°
- 3 AM42°
- 4 AM41°
- 5 AM42°
- 6 AM40°
Daily forecast
Details- ThuOct 22Showers And Thunderstorms75%41°47°
- TodayOct 23Chance Light Rain28%40°48°
- SatOct 24Sunny44°56°
- SunOct 25Sunny45°59°
- MonOct 26Sunny45°61°
- TueOct 27Sunny46°61°
- WedOct 28Mostly Sunny46°61°
- ThuOct 29Cloudy41°65°
- FriOct 30Cloudy39°63°
Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.
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Air quality
Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.
Forecast
- FriGood (50)
Bakersfield, CA reporting area · 1 hr ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.
Sun & moon
Nearby
- Bakersfield 58 km
- Porterville 56 km
- Oildale 55 km
- East Porterville 53 km
- Lake Isabella 15 km
- Terra Bella 51 km
- Richgrove 51 km
- Weldon 25 km
- Wofford Heights 9 km
Forecasters' discussion
From the National Weather Service office in HNX, issued 2 hrs ago
Update
Updated Aviation Section.
Key Messages
1. There remains at least a slight chance for additional, mainly light, precipitation in the Sierra Nevada until Friday evening.
2. Temperatures will warm up to near average this weekend with dry conditions in place into much of next week.
Discussion
This afternoon and early evening became quite active with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms across the forecast area. The heaviest rain showers occurred in Merced, which prompted a Flood Advisory. Some reports of street flooding were received for southwestern portions of Merced, as over an inch of rain fell in about an hour (around 4:30 to 5:30 PM). However, precipitation has mainly ended, except for light showers, mainly Fresno County northward. We have let the Flood Watch expire at 8 PM PDT. Shower coverage will gradually decrease overnight tonight. Depending on how much clearing we observe tonight, some patchy fog is possible during late tonight into Friday morning in the Central Valley. Some light rain and snow showers may redevelop over the Sierra Nevada and Kern County mountains Friday morning and afternoon, although chances remain low to moderate (20-40%). Any snow will fall above 7,500 feet. We remain underneath an upper- level trough on Friday and will gradually shift inland into Saturday. Friday's highs remain several degrees below average, and temperatures moderate on Saturday. Also, if valley fog doesn't develop tonight, we might see some late Friday night into Saturday morning.
Seasonably warm temperatures take place Sunday and Monday, though with weak high pressure ridging. Some minor cooling will occur during the middle of next week as troughs pass over the Pacific Northwest. Highs will be mainly in the 70s at the warmest locations. Overnight lows will be relatively cool, or at least typical for this time of year.
Conditions remain dry through at least late next week. There is a slight chance for precipitation to return to the forecast area by the end of next week.
Aviation
IFR due to fog/mist possible (30-50 Percent chance) during 12Z-17Z Friday in the San Joaquin Valley. IFR and mountain obscurations in showers over the Sierra Nevada and the Kern County mountains from 15Z Fri to 00Z Saturday. Otherwise, VFR conditions will prevail for the next 24 hours.
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