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Thursday's Almanac

Fresno Almanac 3/18/2010

Sunny, warm and hazy. A breezy afternoon with 6-12 mph winds and a gust of 20 mph at 5:00 PM.

posted Thursday, March 18, 2010 5:54 PM by scottmace | 0 Comments
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Astronomy Pic Of The Day - Click Below for Explanation

What is NASA's picture of the day? Click to learn more!

Fermi Catalogs the Gamma-ray Sky
Credit: NASA, DOE, International Fermi LAT Collaboration

posted Thursday, March 18, 2010 5:50 PM by scottmace | 0 Comments
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Wednesday's Almanac

Fresno Almanac 3/17/2010

Mostly sunny to partly cloudy with scattered high clouds around 25,000'. Light wind around 6 mph.

posted Wednesday, March 17, 2010 5:42 PM by scottmace | 0 Comments
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Astronomy Pic Of The Day - Click Below for Explanation

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Phobos from Mars Express
Credit: G. Neukum (FU Berlin) et al., Mars Express, DLR, ESA

posted Wednesday, March 17, 2010 4:34 PM by scottmace | 0 Comments
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Spring Equinox This Weekend

A new season officially begins this Saturday. The Vernal Equinox occurs at 10:32 AM PDT ushering in the spring season.

Meteorologist typically mark the beginning of spring in March with variations for local weather patterns.

Astronomically the Vernal Equinox marks the time that the Sun's light rays strike the Earth at a right angle to the surface. This is due to Earth's orbit around the Sun and the Earth's 23.5° tilt. Hours of daylight at the same latitude north and south of the Equator are equal.

posted Tuesday, March 16, 2010 5:43 PM by scottmace | 0 Comments
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Tuesday's Almanac

Fresno Almanac 3/16/10

Mostly sunny skies over Central California with high cirrus clouds and aircraft contrails. Light NW wind around 6 mph most of the day.

posted Tuesday, March 16, 2010 5:39 PM by scottmace | 0 Comments
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Monday's Almanac

Fresno's Almanac 3/15/10

Mostly sunny skies with afternoon and evening cirrus clouds. Light ESE wind or calm wind.

posted Monday, March 15, 2010 5:40 PM by scottmace | 0 Comments
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Central California 24-Hour Rain Totals

Totals as of 10:30 Friday night. The rain began shortly after 12:00 p.m. in the north valley and spread south to Fresno by 5 p.m. Mountain snow totals are expected to reach a foot by tomorrow above 6,000'.

posted Friday, March 12, 2010 11:25 PM by scottmace | 0 Comments
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Friday's Almanac

Fresno's Almanac 3/12/10.

Skies were mostly sunny in the morning then high clouds covered the sky around noon. Sprinkles occurred by 3 p.m. in Fresno with widespread rain around 5:30 p.m. Rain was heaviest in the foothills. Snow was falling in the Sierra Nevada above 7,000'.

posted Friday, March 12, 2010 6:50 PM by scottmace | 0 Comments
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Astronomy Pic Of The Day - Click Below for Explanation

What is NASA's picture of the day? Click to learn more about the James Webb Space Telescope set to launch in 2014!

JWST: Mirrors and Masked Men
Image Courtesy: Ball Aerospace

posted Thursday, March 11, 2010 10:12 PM by scottmace | 0 Comments
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Wednesday's Almanac

Fresno's Almanac 3/10/10

Frost Advisory for the San Joaquin Valley from 2-7 am Thursday. Fresno's forecast low is 37°. The record low for 3/11/10 is 31° set in 1951.

The coldest locations are expected on the western side of the valley with lows around 32° for 3 to 5 hours.

From the NWS:

* TEMPERATURE: 30 DEGREES IN THE COLDEST LOCATIONS TO THE MID 30S

  ELSEWHERE.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE:
  HANFORD...LEMOORE...AVENAL...CORCORAN...MERCED... MADERA...LOS
  BANOS...COALINGA...MENDOTA...CARUTHERS...STRATFORD.

* IMPACTS: PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE MADE THIS EVENING. FROST
  SENSITIVE PLANTS AND VEGETATION WILL BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF
  LEFT UNCOVERED.

posted Wednesday, March 10, 2010 5:36 PM by scottmace | 0 Comments
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Astronomy Pic Of The Day - Click Below for Explanation

What is NASA's picture of the day? Click to learn more!

Saturn's Moon Helene from Cassini
Credit: NASA/JPL/SSI

posted Wednesday, March 10, 2010 2:43 PM by scottmace | 0 Comments
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Astronomy Pic Of The Day - Click Below for Explanation

What is NASA's picture of the day?

Galaxies Beyond the Heart: Maffei 1 and 2
Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, WISE Team

Look at the upper left hand side of this photo. Can you see the spiral galaxy and the pale blue galaxy just below and to the right? They were first "seen" in 1968.

posted Tuesday, March 09, 2010 5:47 PM by scottmace | 0 Comments
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Tuesday's Almanac

Fresno Almanac 3/9/10

posted Tuesday, March 09, 2010 5:44 PM by scottmace | 0 Comments
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Cold Storm for Central California

A cold storm system blew in from the Pacific on Monday and chilled Central California. The afternoon high in Fresno was seven-degrees below normal at 58-degrees.

Overnight lows will dip into the 30s for the next few days across the valley. The record low in Fresno for Tuesday morning is 32-degrees. I'm forecasting upper 30s to about 40-degrees for Fresno and the city's rural surrounding areas. It'll get even colder Tuesday and Wednesday night with frost possible.

The snow level in the mountains dropped to about 2,300' Monday night and may fall to near 1,500' by Tuesday morning. A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect for the Tulare and Kern County Mountains above 4,000' until 10 a.m. Tuesday for 4-7" inches of snow and 50 mph wind. Only light snow is expected from Kings Canyon north to Yosemite.

Central California's next cold and wet storm arrives early Wednesday morning with rain for Fresno forecast around 5 a.m. Wednesday.

posted Monday, March 08, 2010 9:38 PM by scottmace | 0 Comments
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