Taft, CA Weather

Kern County12:59 PM PDT35.14°N, 119.46°WElevation 955 ft
Flood Watch until 8:00 PM Thu

Current conditions

Showers And Thunderstorms
62°
Showers And Thunderstorms
Feels like 62°
High 69°·Low 52°
WindSW 16 mph gusts 28 mph
Humidity70%
Dew point52°
Pressure29.89 inHg
Cloud cover91%
UV index5 Moderate
Sunrise7:10 AM
Sunset6:17 PM

Observed at WX6HNX-12 Taft · 1 hr ago

Forecast

10-day

  • Wednesday

    A chance of rain before 11am, then showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy. High near 69, with temperatures falling to around 65 in the afternoon. South wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

  • Wednesday Night

    Showers and thunderstorms before 2am, then a chance of rain. Mostly cloudy. Low around 52, with temperatures rising to around 56 overnight. South southwest wind 0 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

  • Thursday

    Rain likely before 2pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely between 2pm and 5pm, then a chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 68. West wind 0 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

National Weather Service forecast updated 12 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Showers And Thunderstorms 67°86%
  2. 1 PM Showers And Thunderstorms 67°86%
  3. 2 PM Showers And Thunderstorms 67°86%
  4. 3 PM Showers And Thunderstorms 66°86%
  5. 4 PM Showers And Thunderstorms 66°86%
  6. 5 PM Showers And Thunderstorms 65°75%
  7. 6 PM Showers And Thunderstorms 64°75%
  8. 7 PM Showers And Thunderstorms 61°75%
  9. 8 PM Showers And Thunderstorms 59°75%
  10. 9 PM Showers And Thunderstorms 59°75%
  11. 10 PM Showers And Thunderstorms 60°75%
  12. 11 PM Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 59°48%
  13. Thu12 AM Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 59°48%
  14. 1 AM Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 58°48%
  15. 2 AM Chance Light Rain 58°48%
  16. 3 AM Chance Light Rain 58°48%
  17. 4 AM Chance Light Rain 56°48%
  18. 5 AM Chance Light Rain 56°37%
  19. 6 AM Chance Light Rain 55°37%
  20. 7 AM Chance Light Rain 53°37%
  21. 8 AM Chance Light Rain 54°37%
  22. 9 AM Chance Light Rain 59°37%
  23. 10 AM Chance Light Rain 63°37%
  24. 11 AM Light Rain Likely 64°59%

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TonightOct 20 Chance Light Rain Chance Light Rain31%56°
  2. TodayOct 21 Showers And Thunderstorms Showers And Thunderstorms86%52°69°
  3. ThuOct 22 Light Rain Likely then Showers And Thunderstorms Likely Light Rain Likely then Showers And Thunderstorms Likely59%51°68°
  4. FriOct 23 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny51°68°
  5. SatOct 24 Sunny Sunny53°74°
  6. SunOct 25 Sunny Sunny54°77°
  7. MonOct 26 Sunny Sunny53°77°
  8. TueOct 27 Sunny Sunny75°
  9. WedOct 28 Cloudy Cloudy58°82°
  10. ThuOct 29 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy57°84°

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

84
Moderate
Coarse particles (PM10)

Acceptable. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

Forecast

  • WedModerate (67)

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

Sunrise 7:10 AM
Sunset 6:17 PM
Daylight 11 h 6 min (−2 min 4 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 79% lit
Moonrise 3:48 PM Moonset 2:30 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 8

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Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in HNX, issued 1 hr ago

Discussion

Time for your favorite part of the day, reading the Area Forecast Discussion (we got some action AND humor)! Some isolated thunderstorms have developed in Fresno County and along the Sierra Nevada Foothills (boom boom crash). Precipitation is currently spreading over the forecast area this morning and continuing into Thursday. Isolated cells have been producing strong updrafts and energy to possibly produce pea sized hail. The bulk of the precipitation will occur Wednesday afternoon until Thursday. Many locations can expect a total of one quarter to one half inch in the San Joaquin Valley, while there is near 60 percent chance of exceeding a half inch. That is a good amount of H2O from the sky for this region! The Flood Watch remains in effect for much of Kern County and the higher terrain along the west side of the San Joaquin Valley up to southwestern Fresno County near Coalinga. Higher amounts of precipitation are likely to occur over the Sierra Nevada from the foothills to about 8,000 feet. While some nuisance flooding is also a possibility in these areas, we anticipate less runoff except near burn scars. We are still looking at a good chance for at least a few inches of snow above 8,000 feet in the Sierra Nevada. We will continue the Winter Weather Advisory for these areas from Wednesday morning to Thursday morning. As cells continue to develop and move Southerly, isolated thunderstorms are possible in Kern County and into the mountains. As such, keep on the lookout for Special Weather Statements and advisories that are put out!

For Friday through next Tuesday, we are looking at continued cooler temperatures and mainly dry conditions. Although temperatures will warm up by several degrees for the weekend until Monday, we are projecting highs mainly in the 70s for the warmest locations. There is a slight chance of precipitation for the middle of next week, but with much uncertainty at this time.

Aviation

Isolated thunderstorms have been occurring since 17Z this morning near Fresno and along the Sierra Foothills. With mountain obscurations and visibilities creeping into the 5-6SM range, MVFR conditions in place with showers and isolated thunderstorms through at least today. Winds mainly up to 10 kts at the TAF sites, mainly from the east. Otherwise, VFR conditions will prevail for the next 24 hours.

Air Quality Issues

None.

Certainty

The level of certainty for days 1 and 2 is high. 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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