{"id":50948,"date":"2025-11-13T07:48:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T07:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/50948\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T07:48:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T07:48:09","slug":"the-warm-before-the-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/50948\/","title":{"rendered":"The Warm Before The Storm"},"content":{"rendered":"

Call it the “warm before the storm”, Bakersfield reached 83 on Wednesday, which is a full 15 degrees above average. We’ve been warmer to way warmer than average every day so far this month, with the exception of last Thursday when it was 71 for a day – which was right at “average”. Now, all eyes are on the developing storm, as a powerful area of low pressure intensifies over the Pacific due west of California.<\/p>\n

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This system will bring a Pacific front into the Central Valley on Thursday night. Before that, winds will increase out of the south, and it could be another fairly warm day on Thursday. During the evening hours and especially overnight, the rainfall is expected to spread in, and it will be with us for much of the upcoming weekend.<\/p>\n

As the storm system slowly slides southeast, a wrap-around flow of deep subtropical moisture will meet with increasing dynamics and instability to generate impressive and at times heavy rain overnight Friday and especially Saturday. That is when we are most concerned about the potential for flooding in many areas. The exact trajectory of the system and its associated air currents should bring a much more significant amount of rain than is typically seen across the desert areas of Kern County. This is because an easterly flow at the lower levels of the atmosphere will effectively cancel out the “rainshadow” effect. As such, this part of the area might be especially susceptible to flooding over the weekend since desert soil doesn’t readily absorb much rainfall, and we are looking at the potential for several inches of rain in these normally very dry areas with this storm. A Flood Watch has been issued by the National Weather Service for close to 2\/3 of Kern County, including the mountains, the Kern River Valley and the desert.<\/p>\n

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How much rain will Bakersfield pick up? A look at many of the most widely used models paints an impressive picture. Anywhere from around an inch to more than 2, based on 6 available models tonight. If Meadows Field picks up more than 0.68″ on Saturday, it will set a new rainfall record for the date!<\/p>\n

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Here’s a look at the updated 10-Day forecast for our desert communities. Keep in mind, weather can and does change, but it’s not every year that the days with a chance of rain outnumber the dry days in November!<\/p>\n

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