Taft Heights, California 7 Day Weather Forecast
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NWS Forecast for Taft CA
National Weather Service Forecast for:
Taft CA
Issued by: National Weather Service San Joaquin Valley/Hanford, CA |
Updated: 2:57 pm PST Nov 23, 2024 |
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This Afternoon
Chance Rain
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Tonight
Chance Rain then Partly Cloudy
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Sunday
Slight Chance Rain
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Sunday Night
Rain Likely
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Monday
Rain
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Monday Night
Rain
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Tuesday
Rain
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Tuesday Night
Rain
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Wednesday
Chance Rain
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Hi 64 °F |
Lo 45 °F |
Hi 62 °F |
Lo 49 °F |
Hi 60 °F |
Lo 55 °F |
Hi 64 °F |
Lo 53 °F |
Hi 59 °F |
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This Afternoon
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A 40 percent chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 64. West northwest wind around 5 mph. |
Tonight
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A 30 percent chance of rain before 10pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 45. West southwest wind around 5 mph. |
Sunday
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A 20 percent chance of rain after 10am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 62. Calm wind. |
Sunday Night
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Rain likely, mainly after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 49. South southwest wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. |
Monday
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Rain. High near 60. South wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. |
Monday Night
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Rain. Low around 55. South wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. |
Tuesday
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Rain. High near 64. South southwest wind around 5 mph becoming north northwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. |
Tuesday Night
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Rain, mainly before 4am. Low around 53. West northwest wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. |
Wednesday
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A 40 percent chance of rain, mainly before 10am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 59. North wind around 5 mph. |
Wednesday Night
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A 20 percent chance of rain before 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 48. North northeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm. |
Thanksgiving Day
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Partly sunny, with a high near 60. Calm wind. |
Thursday Night
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Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50. Calm wind. |
Friday
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A 20 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 60. Calm wind. |
Friday Night
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A 20 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 48. Calm wind. |
Saturday
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A 20 percent chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 61. Calm wind becoming north northeast around 5 mph. |
Forecast from NOAA-NWS
for Taft CA.
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Weather Forecast Discussion
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FXUS66 KHNX 232148
AFDHNX
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Hanford CA
148 PM PST Sat Nov 23 2024
.KEY MESSAGES...
1. A strong winter storm system will continue to impact Central
California through this weekend with showers tonight and
Sunday.
2. Another winter storm system will bring an additional round
of precipitation to the area on Monday and Tuesday. Portions of
the San Joaquin Valley and the Sierra Nevada Foothills may see
moderate to heavy rainfall rates at times with moderate to heavy
snowfall rates in the Sierra Nevada.
3. A Winter Storm Warning remains in effect for the Sierra
Nevada above 6,500 feet through 4 PM Tuesday. Total snowfall
accumulations of 10 to 24 inches are possible with up to 4 feet
at the higher elevations. Wind gusts could reach up to 50 miles
per hour. The probability of receiving another 24 inches of
snow by 4 PM Tuesday is 90% for Tuolumne Meadows and 95% for
Tioga Pass.
4. The probability of receiving at least one inch of rain by
Tuesday evening is 85% for Merced, 90% in Fresno, 80% in
Visalia, and 50% in Bakersfield.
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.DISCUSSION...A large upper low off the PAC NW coast continues
to pull pacific moisture into central California. The
atmospheric river which brought heavy rainfall to much of
northern California between Wednesday and Friday weakened by
the time it reached our area on Friday evening. Rainfall totals
across our area were nowhere near the amounts received in
northern California, but the higher Sierra Nevada and adjacent
foothills north of Fresno COunty generally picked up between
0.75 and 1.5 inches of liquid precipitation with up to near 2
inches at some stations near Yosemite Park. Much of the San
Joaquin Valley from Fresno northward picked up between 0.5 and
0.75 inches of rainfall while amounts were lower further
southward with many stations in Kings and Tulare County picking
up between a tenth of an inch and half an inch of rainfall
while much of Kern County only picked up a tenth of an inch or
less. Satellite imagery is showing a very impressive 120+ KT
250 mb jet stream out of the southwest pushing across our area
and radar imagery is showing some light upslope precipitation
continuing in the mountains.
The ensembles continue their good run to run consistency at
maintaining the strong upper low off the PAC NW coast through
Monday then move the this feature eastward across the PAC NW on
Tuesday. The NBM has been trending stronger with a system being
pulled up by the large trough moving through central CA on
Monday and Tuesday bringing another round of moderate to heavy
precipitation to our area.
Probability for 0.50 inches for selected cities on Monday:
Mariposa 85%
Oakhurst 80%
Merced: 65%
Madera: 75%
Fresno: 75%
Visalia: 60%
Coalinga: 60%
Lemoore: 55%
Hanford: 60%
Porterville: 60%
Bakersfield: 45%
Probability for 0.50 inches for selected cities on Tuesday:
Mariposa 96%
Oakhurst 96%
Merced: 80%
Madera: 75%
Fresno: 90%
Visalia: 75%
Coalinga: 65%
Lemoore: 70%
Hanford: 75%
Porterville: 75%
Bakersfield: 55%
This system will bring another round of snow to the SIerra
Nevada although snow levels have been trending upward with it
as well. Snow levels are expected to be around 6000 feet in
Yosemite Park and near 8000 feet along the Tulare/Kern County
border on Monday afternoon rising by 1000 to 1500 feet by
Tuesday. A Winter Storm Warning remains in effect for the Sierra
Nevada above 6500 feet through 400 pm PST Tuesday.
Slightly cooler and showery weather will prevail on Wednesday as
this system moves to the east of our area. High pressure is
progged to nudge into CA by Thanksgiving Day which will bring a
drying trend to our area before a weak southern stream system
undercuts the ridge and brings a chance of some light
precipitation into our area by the end of the week.
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.AVIATION...Widespread mountain obscuring IFR conditions in
precipitation and low clouds across the Sierra Nevada and
Tehachapi Mountains. Areas of MVFR conditions in low clouds and
precipitation across the San Joaquin Valley and Sierra
foothills. VFR conditions will prevail across the Kern County
Desert.
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.AIR QUALITY ISSUES...On Saturday November 23 2024,
Fireplace/Wood Stove Burning Status is: No Burning Unless
Registered in Kern County. Burning Discouraged in Fresno, Kings,
Madera, Merced, and Tulare Counties, and Kern (Greater Frazier
Park Area) and Sequoia National Park and Forest.
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.CERTAINTY...
The level of certainty for days 1 and 2 is medium.
The level of certainty for days 3 through 7 is medium.
Certainty levels include low...medium...and high. Please visit
www.weather.gov/hnx/certainty.html for additional information
and/or to provide feedback.
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.HNX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
Winter Storm Warning until 4 PM PST Tuesday for CAZ323-326>331.
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