23ABC Evening weather update September 24, 2020

23ABC Evening weather update September 24, 2020

HERE'S 23ABC'S METEOROLOGISTBRANDON MICHAELS WITHYOUR STORM SHIELD FORECAST.FOR THOSE OF US IN THE SANJOAQUIN VALLEY, THURSDAY HASBEEN A PRETTY NICE DAY!TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN A BITCOOLER, AND OUR AIR QUALITY HASBEEN IN THE 'GOOD' RANGE ALLDAY!UNFORTUNATELY THE SAME CAN'T BESAID FOR THE KERN RIVERVALLEY, WHERE SMOKE FROM THE SQFCOMPLEX FIRE HAS BEENTHICK, AND AIR QUALITY HAS BEENIN THE 'HAZARDOUS'RANGE, THE WORST LEVEL ON THEAIR QUALITY SCALE.SKIES WILL LIKELY STAY HAZY INTHAT AREA OF FRIDAY, BUT AIRQUALITYISN'T LOOKING QUITE AS BAD.AIR QUALITY WILL LIKELY REMAINGOOD FOR THE SAN JOAQUINVALLEY.TEMPERATURES WILL RUN A FEWDEGREES COOLER AGAIN ON FRIDAYAS AN ONSHORE FLOW CONTINUES.HIGHS WILL BE IN THE MID 80S FORTHE SAN JOAQUIN AND KERN RIVERVALLEYS, AND IN THE MID TO UPPER70S FOR THE SOUTHMOUNTAINS.ADDITIONALLY, AS COOLER AIRFLOWS IN THURSDAYEVENING WE EXPECT SOME WINDSGUSTING OVER 40 MILESPER HOUR IN THE KERN COUNTYMOUNTAINS AND DESERT,ESPECIALLY THROUGH AND JUSTBELOW MOUNTAINPASSES.LOOKING AHEAD, WE'RE STILL ONTRACK FOR A BIG WARM UPSTARTING SUNDAY AND LASTING INTOMOST OF NEXT WEEK.TEMPERATURES WILL APPROACHTRIPLE DIGIT LEVELS IN THEVALLEY, AND SKIES WILL LIKELYBECOME HAZY AGAIN AS THEWIND SHIFTS.A BIG ANNOUNCMENT FROM PAC-12TODAY.WHEN WE MIGHT EXPECT SOMEFOOTBALL GAMES.