KBAK Weather

5/16/2012

Currently

81°F

Clear

Humidity: 34%

Pressure: 29.86 in

10 Day Forecast

Thursday Partly Cloudy Day: 91° Night: 64°

Friday Sunny Day: 82° Night: 56°

Saturday Sunny Day: 86° Night: 57°

Sunday Sunny Day: 90° Night: 62°

Monday Sunny Day: 92° Night: 63°

Tuesday Sunny Day: 89° Night: 62°

Wednesday Sunny Day: 88° Night: 61°

Thursday Sunny Day: 86° Night: 59°

Friday Sunny Day: 83° Night: 58°

Saturday Sunny Day: 83° Night: 58°

Today's Forecast

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Hot on Amgen Thursday, then Cooler

Temperatures were up again on Wednesday with highs close to 90. A repeat performance is expected on Thursday with a warm afternoon. However, a trough of low pressure will push a dry cold front through our region late in the day. Temperatures will begin to drop back Thursday evening with a stiff northwesterly wind. By Friday it will be delightful again with highs only in the low 80s. A Wind Advisory is in effect for most of the afternoon on Thursday in the Kern mountains and desert. Winds will gust to about 55 MPH in some areas out of the west. Dry weather is forecast through the next 10 days with any moisture confined to areas of the Sierra well north of Kern County. Slowly rising daytime temperatures are predicted over the weekend, with 90 degrees back by Sunday. However, computer models are beginning to come into rough agreement about next week with a cooling trend. 90s early in the week should pare back to mid 80s by Wednesday and Thursday. A trough of low pressure will start to develop generally in the western US. No rain is forecast through the period.

5-16-12 5:57 pm Chief Meteorologist MILES MUZIO

So far today...

High: 90°

Precip: 0.00"

Low: 62°

Normal

Record

84°

105° (1970)

58°

39° (1918)

Sunrise

5:51am

Sunset

7:55pm

Precipitation

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0.00"

This Month

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0.11"

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3.62"

4.24"

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