Bundle up, Fresno! Weekend rainstorm will give way to freezing temperatures this week
Freezing temperatures are on their way toward the Fresno County area.
“Bundle up,” Andy Bollenbacher, lead meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Hanford, on Sunday morning advised the public ahead of an expected cold front.
But before the central San Joaquin Valley, and Fresno County specifically, sees freezing temperatures, the region will get a little soak. Light showers, Bollenbacher said, will enter the Fresno County area early Sunday afternoon.
The light showers are expected to go through early Monday morning.
The storm will probably only drop a tenth of an inch of rain in the area, he said.
Then there will be a freeze watch for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. But Bollenbacher said the coldest day will be Tuesday when temperatures will drop as low as 26 to 28 degrees in the rural areas of Fresno County.
There could be frost on Tuesday.
In the county’s urban areas, the lows for Tuesday are expected to reach 30 to 32 degrees. It will be “a little bit warmer” in the urban areas, he said. The high temperatures for the area are expected to be in the 50s.
In the Sierra Nevada it will get “quite” cold, Bollenbacher said. At an elevation of 4,000 feet, temperatures are expected to be in the teens, and above 6,000 feet, temperatures could drop to the single digits.
Although, not much snow is expected. Bollenbacher said only one to two inches of snow are expected to fall in the Sierra Nevada throughout the freezing period.
“Any road closures would be isolated,” he said.
The warming centers in the city of Fresno will stay open through February. The city provides cots, blankets and pet cages for those who visit.
FAX buses provide free transport to any of the warming centers, which are Maxie L. Parks Community Center, Mosqueda Community Center, Pinedale Community Center and Ted C. Wills Community Center. The centers are open 6 p.m. to 8 a.m. except for the Pinedale Community Center, which opens an hour later.
