{"id":185989,"date":"2026-02-20T11:48:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T11:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/185989\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T11:48:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T11:48:19","slug":"local-weather-observer-helps-meteorologists-report-conditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/185989\/","title":{"rendered":"Local weather observer helps meteorologists report conditions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) Winter storms continued to pound Kern County, bringing hazardous driving conditions, crashes, road closures, and school delays as more snow and cold air moved into the region.<\/p>\n<p>Mark Richardson urged drivers to slow down and stay alert. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you&#8217;re out driving around, be very cautious, like other people have said. If you\u2019re used to this type of weather, still be very cautious,\u201d Richardson said.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Chestnut described the mix of danger and beauty in the storm.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Local weather observer helps meteorologists report conditions (KBAK\/KBFX){p}{\/p}\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/982eba1e-0ed0-4a75-915f-971bd959fd5a-atv.png\"\/>Local weather observer helps meteorologists report conditions (KBAK\/KBFX)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s very dangerous conditions outside, but it\u2019s still a beautiful, snowy white day,\u201d Chestnut said.<\/p>\n<p>As the storms continue, meteorologists are leaning on community members to help track conditions on the ground, including longtime weather observer Tammy Wimmer in Lake Isabella.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWeather is super interesting to me. I love how it takes like the ground layer and the top layer to make a storm,\u201d Wimmer said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Local weather observer helps meteorologists report conditions (KBAK\/KBFX){p}{\/p}\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/55f1b523-9a85-4395-af82-75abec903461-kerntransit.png\"\/>Local weather observer helps meteorologists report conditions (KBAK\/KBFX)<\/p>\n<p>Wimmer has been a weather observer for the last four years, starting with former chief meteorologist Miles Muzio and now working with Ilya Neyman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got a rain gauge just so I could help him out and let him know exactly what\u2019s falling here in Lake Isabella,\u201d Wimmer said.<\/p>\n<p>Neyman said those real-time reports help fill in what radar can\u2019t show.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Local weather observer helps meteorologists report conditions (KBAK\/KBFX){p}{\/p}\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/c58957b2-0190-4b57-9c00-c5a1e0466b8a-popocar.png\"\/>Local weather observer helps meteorologists report conditions (KBAK\/KBFX)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A radar can tell us yellow, orange, green, but it can&#8217;t tell us what&#8217;s happening beyond that screen. A person can,\u201d Neyman said. \u201cTammy Wimmers and all of our other weather observers out there from Arvin to the Lake Isabella area &#8211; to Bear Mountain and all those places in between are telling us what&#8217;s happening in real time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. 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