{"id":178315,"date":"2026-02-14T21:02:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T21:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/178315\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T21:02:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T21:02:10","slug":"brief-high-pressure-ridge-brings-mild-february-calm-ahead-of-winter-storm-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/178315\/","title":{"rendered":"Brief high-pressure ridge brings mild February calm ahead of winter storm series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 It&#8217;s the &#8220;calm before the storm&#8221; this weekend. <\/p>\n<p>Temperatures will be mild and despite the high clouds on Saturday we can still refer to this weather as being &#8220;gorgeous for February&#8221; across Kern County. It could get a bit on the breezy side from the mountains to the desert and through the Kern River Valley where this year&#8217;s Whiskey Flat Days are coming in DRY!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"KBAK\/KBFX\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/16c85ddf-71fa-4922-967c-ad1e5c1c3081-WatchingNext3LineIN.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A very temporary ridge of high pressure will be moving into and through our region as a developing winter storm series digs into the Pacific Ocean to our west.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"KBAK\/KBFX\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/6be1f277-5215-41e8-84c6-540ff8eab1a4-lookahead1.JPG\"\/><\/p>\n<p>This developing weather pattern, which could be a potentially high-impact one for portions of our area, will be the Forecast Focus going forward since snow levels could lower significantly. Stay tuned!<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>Chief Meteorologist Ilya Neyman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 It&#8217;s the &#8220;calm before the storm&#8221; this weekend. Temperatures will be mild and despite&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":173285,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":{"0":"post-178315","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bakersfield","8":"tag-bakersfield","9":"tag-bakersfield-headlines","10":"tag-bakersfield-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}