Dense Fog, Kern Cty Mtns
- When
- December 22, 4:35 AM PST to 6:15 AM PST
- Where
- Kern Cty Mtns forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
Visibility below a quarter mile was reported in Tehachapi.
Dense Fog in California, December 22, 2018
A cold front pushed southward through central California during the afternoon of December 21. A brisk northwest flow behind the front resulted in upslope low clouds and areas of dense fog in the south end of the San Joaquin Valley and along the valley facing slopes of the Tehachapi Mountains during the morning of December 22.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS HNX wrote it up.
A cold front pushed southward through central California during the afternoon of December 21. A brisk northwest flow behind the front resulted in upslope low clouds and areas of dense fog in the south end of the San Joaquin Valley and along the valley facing slopes of the Tehachapi Mountains during the morning of December 22. Traffic was impacted for a few hours along States Route 99 and 58 in Bakersfield and along State Route 58 in Tehachapi. The low clouds and fog lifted by late morning.
Event by event
2 dense fog. Local standard time, as filed.
Dense Fog, Se S.J. Valley
- When
- December 22, 6:55 AM PST to 7:40 AM PST
- Where
- Se S.J. Valley forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
Visibility below a quarter mile was reported in Bakersfield.
What these are
- Dense Fog
- Fog reducing visibility to a quarter mile or less, filed where it caused accidents or disruption.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Avalanche in Wyoming, December 22, 2018
- Strong Wind in New York, December 22, 2018
- Dense Fog in California, December 22 to 24, 2018
- Strong Wind in Vermont, December 22, 2018
- Flooding in West Virginia, December 22 to 23, 2018
- Flood and Coastal Flood in Maine, December 22, 2018
- Strong Wind in Massachusetts, December 22, 2018
- Strong Wind in Connecticut, December 22, 2018
- Heavy Snow in Washington, December 22 to 23, 2018
- Flood in Maine, December 22, 2018
- Freezing Fog in Alabama, December 22, 2018
- Flood in Maryland, December 22 to 23, 2018
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 790653, 790654.