AUTUMN IS HERE!!!

Nothing but sunshine was enjoyed on Friday. The Kern County Fair was a great location to enjoy all the outdoor fun in the sun. Temperatures remained below the normal upper 80s for these last couple of days of summer. The heat will return for this weekend with highs rising to about 90 on Saturday and mid 90s by Sunday. Then, a quick push of slightly cooler air will blow through from the northwest on Monday, taking daytime readings down again to the mid 80s.

But a roller coaster weather regime will bring a shaking- a "weather quake", with quick ups and downs. After the mercury soars to the mid 90s again on Wednesday, look for sharply cooler weather going into the first weekend of autumn. Temperatures will tumble as a deep low pressure circulation develops over California. South Valley highs will drop to the mid 70s by the following Sunday. Additionally, there will be a chance for some showers under the area of low pressure. In the high Sierra, snow levels will drop to about 8,000'. It should be the coolest pattern of the fledgling rainy season so far.

Summer is ending and autumn beginning at 12:50 AM on Monday. Summer has sported 41 triple digits days, down from last year's 53 days and the year before with an amazing 67 triple digit days. Our 2019 summer has, by and large, been cooler the recent years but slightly above the 30-year normals. Weather next week will be unsettled with that chance for some shower activity in about a week and cooler weather. I issued my "No More 100s" forecast two days ago, so I'll be sweating through the middle of next week as temperatures approach the upper 90s.

Morning Forecaster Aaron Perlman September 23, 2019 4:50 AM