Heavy Great Lakes Snow through Friday; Extreme Cold and Potential for Major Winter Storm Late Week into this Weekend

Multiple clipper systems will bring cold temperatures and enhance lake-effect snow downwind of the Great Lakes. An arctic blast will bring frigid temperatures accompanied with gusty winds that may lead to dangerous wind chills beginning in the Northern Plains Thursday before expanding to the South and East. An expansive winter storm will start Friday in the Southern Rockies/Plains and Mid-South. Read More >

Current conditions at

SR-58 - West of Cottonwood Road (CF115)

Lat: 35.35271°NLon: 118.98397°WElev: 406.0ft.

NA

N/A

Humidity 80%
Wind Speed NW 9 MPH
Barometer NA
Dewpoint N/A
Visibility 12.43 mi
Last update 08 Jan 04:46 AM PST
Extended Forecast for

2 Miles NE Bakersfield CA

  • Tonight

    Tonight: Cloudy, with a low around 48. Calm wind.

    Low: 48 °F

    Cloudy

  • Thursday

    Thursday: A 20 percent chance of rain after 10am.  Widespread dense fog, mainly before 2pm.  Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 54. Calm wind becoming northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.

    High: 54 °F

    Slight Chance
    Rain and
    Dense Fog

  • Thursday Night

    Thursday Night: Patchy dense fog after 9pm.  Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 45. Calm wind.

    Low: 45 °F

    Patchy Dense
    Fog

  • Friday

    Friday: Patchy dense fog before 9am.  Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 60. Calm wind becoming west northwest around 5 mph.

    High: 60 °F

    Patchy Dense
    Fog then
    Mostly Sunny

  • Friday Night

    Friday Night: Patchy dense fog between 1am and 2am.  Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 45. North northeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm.

    Low: 45 °F

    Mostly Clear
    then Patchy
    Dense Fog

  • Saturday

    Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 58. Calm wind becoming northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.

    High: 58 °F

    Mostly Sunny

  • Saturday Night

    Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 42. North northeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm.

    Low: 42 °F

    Partly Cloudy

  • Sunday

    Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 60. East wind around 5 mph becoming calm.

    High: 60 °F

    Mostly Sunny

  • Sunday Night

    Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42. East wind around 5 mph.

    Low: 42 °F

    Mostly Cloudy

Detailed Forecast

Tonight
Cloudy, with a low around 48. Calm wind.
Thursday
A 20 percent chance of rain after 10am. Widespread dense fog, mainly before 2pm. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 54. Calm wind becoming northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Thursday Night
Patchy dense fog after 9pm. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 45. Calm wind.
Friday
Patchy dense fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 60. Calm wind becoming west northwest around 5 mph.
Friday Night
Patchy dense fog between 1am and 2am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 45. North northeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
Saturday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 58. Calm wind becoming northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 42. North northeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
Sunday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 60. East wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
Sunday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42. East wind around 5 mph.
Monday
Partly sunny, with a high near 61. Calm wind becoming northwest around 5 mph.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 41. Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph.
Tuesday
Partly sunny, with a high near 62. Calm wind becoming northwest around 5 mph.
Tuesday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44. Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph.
Wednesday
Mostly cloudy, with a high near 61. Calm wind becoming west northwest around 5 mph.
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ABOUT THIS FORECAST

 
Point Forecast:
2 Miles NE Bakersfield CA
 35.41°N 118.98°W (Elev. 574 ft)
2:57 pm PST Jan 21, 2026
3pm PST Jan 21, 2026-6pm PST Jan 28, 2026
 
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