12/23/24
Good Monday morning,
I hope everyone had a great weekend getting ready for the Christmas holiday.
It is going to be a funky week with Christmas on a Wednesday. With that the weather in the middle of the week is the same. Today we will be dry, but a weak weather system will arrive like Santa’s on Christmas Eve day.
Today for the most part it is 60s and dry. Nothing exciting today, but some higher surf and coastal flooding.
Recent models have also began to back off rain further to the south. This has been the theme so far this rainy season.
Tonight a 30% chance of rain, but rain does not arrive until the 24th Tuesday.
Rain north to south and rainfall of 1/2 to an inch in SLO then totals drop quickly as the system moves south. LA may only see 1/10 of an inch, but SB more in the 1/4 inch range.
https://zoom.earth/
It does look like dry weather returns Christmas Day and remains into the new year.
Bottom line we are getting off to a very slow start to our rainy season, but it is really about January and February moving forward. It does appear the storm track will begin to move south by mid January. In the mean time a little rain Tuesday then dry weather into the new year.
Have a great holiday, I will check in on the 24th with a weather update
Enjoy the quiet work week, with not a lot of Action till Thursday because of the holiday and rain Tuesday.
Jack Martin
12/20/2024
Good Friday morning,
What a week it has been in our neck of the woods. High pressure has made our weather fantastic with 70s and some 80s all week. Just the best weather for Christmas.
A dome of High pressure still remain over us pushing storms to the north, however, on shore flow is back and so is the fog. Today we will see cooler temps because of the fog, but still upper 60s for all. https://zoom.earth/
So what’s ahead? Well lots if your asking me. Saturday is winter solstice… we will celebrate the shortest day of the year, each day after will be slightly longer.
As far as weather goes. Storm systems still are tracking well to the north, but it does look like systems will brush us over a number of days. SLO will see some rain Saturday and then Monday into Tuesday but only fog here this weekend.
Next week it does look like the tail end of Monday – Tuesday system will bring us a little rain … stress the little side … maybe 1/10 to 1/4 on Christmas Eve day. Light rain 10 am to 4 pm.
After that it looks like high pressure builds back in and we will see dryer weather into the new year. Christmas Day will be just another fantastic day here in Santa Barbara, it will be a great day to FaceTime family from the beach. 🏝️
I hope everyone has a great weekend, I will keep you up to date on the weather.
5 days till Christmas 🎅
Jack Martin
12/16/24
Good Monday morning,
It is the week before Christmas in southern Californian and our present will be 70s to 80 degrees all week long.
https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lon=-119.66514587402342&lat=34.42956713470528
Now for a little detail…
First I hope we all had a nice weekend, Christmas is now 9 days away.
Saturday was interesting with around 90 minutes of light rain in the middle of the day, but it is over now for at least the next 7 days.
Today a weak system will cause sprinkles in SLO and nothing here.
High pressure is building in for the week and we will on and off Santa Ana winds.
Today 35 to 45 with a mild event, then mid week a stronger evert through Thursday.
High this week will be in the 70s for all and a few valleys will strike the low 80s.
It will be chilly at night as clear skies after the sun goes down will make it quite chilly.
Maybe a weak system for the weekend, but at this point it looks to be dry.
Bottom line there is no rain in site, enjoy the winter-summer weather in December in Southern California.
Jack Martin
12/13/24
Happy Friday the 13th. If you’re superstitious, you might want to stay in bed.
For me it is up and at ’em. Ready to go….
How about that rain storm yesterday, I think it rained for 5 minutes and we basically got a trace of rain only. Areas to the north got a 1/4 of an inch, but for the most part it was the tail end of the system and it hit dry air which made any moistures evaporite.
Today, a weak ridge will keep us dry today and Saturday during the day.
Saturday it looks like we will see rain later in the day Saturday, but to the south here in SB it will be a repeat of Thursday, with very little rain falling. 1/10 to 1/4 at best.
Sunday, northeast winds and warming. A nice overall day…
Monday one more weak system passing through Monday afternoon. Not much with this one also.
Looking beyond it looks like dry weather the rest of next week and a moderate Santa Ana wind event mid week.
Bottom line we are and remain in a rain shadow so far this season. The atmospheric river is remaining to the north and not affecting us at this point. If the long range models are correct this will change in January of 2025.
Have a great weekend, only some sprinkles or light rain unless you are in NorCal where they are getting lots of rain this weekend due to a weak Atmospheric river.
Jack Martin