The city just leveled by an EF-5 tornado on Monday in Oklahoma will be under the threat of severe thunderstorms with possible tornadoes again Thursday morning.

Tornadoes are rated on the Enhanced Fujita Scale by the damage caused by their incredible rotational winds.

The storm that brought cooler temperatures, wind and showers to central California Thursday will likely produce severe weather on the Great Plains next week.

A deadly tornado hit communities southwest of the Dallas/Fort Worth area Wednesday evening.

The setting sun painted a beautiful picture over Fresno Thursday evening illuminating high clouds that drifted over the valley from dying mountain thunderstorms.

The National Weather Service confirmed a tornado in Bakersfield Monday evening.

90s in the forecast on Saturday then cooler weather settles in beginning on Sunday. An area of low pressure will move over central California from the east this weekend then move back to the west over the area next week. When it does so it will bring cooler weather and maybe some rain showers and thunderstorms to the San Joaquin Valley Monday and Tuesday. The mountains will have a chance of thunderstorms, rain and even snow from Saturday through Thursday.

The heat is on at the Clovis Rodeo this weekend. High pressure will boost high temperatures 10 to 15-degrees above normal for this time of year. Prepare for morning lows around 60-degrees and afternoon highs in the low to middle 90-degrees under bright sunshine. Sunday's high will be only 7-degrees below the record for the date of 101-degrees set in 1898 which happened 16 years before the first Clovis Rodeo.

A warm week ahead with near record highs Monday and above normal temps through the rest of the week.

A Wind Advisory is in effect for the San Joaquin Valley from 8:00 PM Monday to 11:00 PM Tuesday.

Warm weather this weekend but a windy storm system will blow into central California by Sunday.

Friday's high will climb to within 6-degrees of the record in Fresno then cooler air and a chance of rain will arrive for the weekend.

The Climate Prediction Center is cooking up a hotter and drier than normal summer season

Spring Comes Early to Central California

Expect near record high temperatures in central California this week. And by the way spring begins next Wednesday!

Fresno will have a warm weekend with highs close to record levels on Saturday but wintery weather is just around the corner.

Warm weather and clear skies will greet visitors to the World Ag Expo.

No doubt this cold spell has been a long one, but is it close to any records?

A Freeze Warning in effect until 10 am Tuesday for the San Joaquin Valley. Temperatures will drop to freezing or below for 5-8 hours and to 28-degrees or below for 3-5 hours. A warming trend is in store for the rest of the week as high pressure blankets central California.

Arctic air will blast into Central California this weekend dropping temperatures to well below freezing for several hours each morning.

The first manual snow survey in the Sierra Nevada is scheduled for January second.

A wet first weekend of winter in the Pinpoint Forecast. But will Christmas be dry?

Two storms systems will bring rain to central California this weekend. The first will produce steady rain early Saturday morning and the second will hit early Sunday morning. Heavy snow will fall in the high Sierra through Sunday afternoon. A Winter Storm Warning in in effect above 6-thousand feet.

A weak tornado developed Friday afternoon as cold air blew into central California.

Fresno reached 95-degrees Thursday tying a the record high set in 1903.

A new season begins this weekend when the Autumnal Equinox occurs.

Expect cooler weather this Labor Day weekend and maybe some showers.

Hurricane forecasters expect Tropical Storm Isaac will gain strength overnight and become a category one hurricane early Tuesday

Fresno came another day closer to a record for consecutive triple-digit temperatures.

With another triple-digit high on Thursday Fresno gets one day closer to tying a record hot streak.

It was so warm in Fresno this morning a new record was set for this date's warmest minimum temperature.

This time of year typically brings triple-digit highs to the San Joaquin Valley so a quick trip to the cool coast was too good to pass up.

The Pinpoint 7 Day Forecast shows a string of very hot highs in the triple-digits for the next 4 days.

Very hot highs in the triple-digits and close to records for the rest of the week.

Virtually no rain fell this December. You know it's a bad sign. But how bad is it?