1/31/2020
Good Friday morning and the last day of January 2020.
Today is going to be a great way to end the month with off shore and highs in the upper 70s with some low 80s.
Saturday the first day of February will be a perfect day to start a new month with highs increasing a few more degrees. Likely most areas will hit 80 degrees.
1/30/2020
Good Thursday morning,
I hope everyone has been enjoying the dry January weather. It has been rather disappointing from a rain standpoint.
Regardless of which side of the isle you sit on with rain, it is not going to change in the next 5 days.
1/27/2020
The weak system yesterday did not produce rain, but Sunday’s weather brought in fog and low clouds to areas and created very shallow visibility in some areas.
Sadly, Calabasas was one of those locations. It did take the life of an Icon. It is a sad morning for Basketball fans and Los Angles with the loss of Kobe Bryant, his daughter and 7 others.
1/26/2020
Good Sunday morning,
Here we are nearing the end of January 2020. This first month of the new year has been extremely dry.
Unfortunately, we once had a chance of rain for today, but if you want to see the rain, you will need to go to northern California.
Today there is a weak system just off the central coast this morning.
1/25/2020
Wow, there goes the first month of the year. Sadly it was extremely dry with just rain on a few occasions.
It does look like we will end the month with mostly dry weather and no more rain.
Today a ridge will keep us warm, with some upper 60s and low 70s. Some mid level clouds will sweep across.
1/23/20
Good Thursday morning,
We are on the back side of the work week now. It does look like nice weather will prevail into the weekend and warmer temps.
This will hopefully help everyone with colds and the Flu.” It is a nasty one”. Stay away from folks with it. Trust me you don’t want this one.
1/21/2020
Good Tuesday morning,
It looks like the sprinkles predicted on Monday did amount to a few 100s of an inch of wet stuff, enough to dampen the streets.
https://www.cnrfc.noaa.gov/images/countyPrecipMaps/santabarbara_24HRprecip.png
Today another impulse will go through tonight. This will affect Northern areas like SLO and above. For us no rain is predicted.
Wednesday and Thursday, we clear out with an on shore flow. Dry and no precipitation.
Friday through Saturday the offshore
1/17/2020
Good Friday morning,
It sure was nice of the rain to hold off until the end of the work day. Rain started up around 4:30 in the afternoon and fell till around 10pm. “well after my Bedtime ! 🙂 “
We received around ½ of an inch in most locations from SLO to Ventura. The winner was San Marcos pass with almost an inch.
https://www.cnrfc.noaa.gov/images/countyPrecipMaps/santabarbara_24HRprecip.png
The rain is now gone and a colder day is the story of the day. Highs will only be in the upper 50s.
High pressure will build in today and keep us dry through the weekend.
Today you will see a lot of high clouds with partly cloudy skies . highs in the upper 50s and lows in the 40s.
1/16/2020
Good Thursday morning,
Waking up this morning and walking outside you can smell the change in the air.
It is the smell of damp air as our low pressure system starts to push our way.
As discussed later yesterday, the rain will be delayed a bit to start off the day.
It even looks like we might even be dry into the early afternoon.
1/15/2020
Wednesday morning,
Another Chilly start to the day, but a little warmer than yesterday. Tuesday frost was all over the roofs.
Today will be another nice day, but as you look at the satellite picture you can see our next wet event beginning to move our way.
https://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/west/nepac/h5-loop-wv.html
Today is non eventful in the weather front.
Tonight the low moves closer and clouds begin to roll in.
Over night clouds will thicken and rain will become likely on Thursday morning.
1/14/2020
Good Tuesday morning,
This will be a quick one since nothing has really changed.
1. Today and Wednesday will remain dry with just cooler days and chilly nights.
2. Thursday we are looking at rain. Rain might start up a little later Thursday morning.
1/12/2020
Good Sunday morning,
Waking up this morning in Santa Ynez it is a chilly 34 degrees. Maybe you should just sleep in today.
https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lon=-120.06408691406249&lat=34.59760673724308#.Xhsd6i-IafD
In Santa Barbara we are quite a bit warmer at 53 degrees, but all areas will remain below normal temps today. Highs in the low to mid 60s coastal and valleys. Mountain areas will be in the upper 50s.
1/11/2020
Good Saturday morning,
The weekend has arrived. You will enjoy sunny skies and cooler temps.
Today you will wake to clear skies and 40s in SB, 30s in the valley. It will warm up into the lower 60s. This afternoon a weak front from the northwest will pass thRough.
https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/conus_band.php?sat=G17&band=09&length=12
This will do nothing more than bring the wind back. Mountain areas will experience 40 to 50 mile an hour winds. Locally 20 miles an hour is likely.
1/9/2020
Good Thursday morning,
A weak system is approaching from the north. This is closer to the coast (westerly) so it will bring some light rain to areas to the north. Light rain is likely.
You can see this moving from north to south. Rain will arrive in SLO and northern Santa Barbara county into Santa Ynez later this morning.
https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/conus_band.php?sat=G17&band=09&length=12
It does look like chances of rain drop off south of point conception. Santa Barbara has a 30% chance and in Ventura, rain is not in the forecast.
1/8/2020
Good Wednesday morning,
The first wave of a low pressure system pushed through. This will allow north winds to pick up again.
https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/conus_band.php?sat=G17&band=09&length=12
Thursday another wave will pass through. This will give us a better chance of light rain Thursday. The best chance is SLO and northern Santa Barbara county.
The best chance will be Thursday afternoon. Santa Ynez 40% Santa Barbara 30%.
1/7/2020
Good Tuesday morning,
What a day it was on Monday. Santa Barbara hit a high of 77 degrees after starting out quite chilly. This was thanks to Santa Ana winds warming us up.
Today the off shore Santa Ana winds will continue, but will weaken. This will allow less wind in Ventura and south.
It will also allow temps to drop into the lower 70s for a high. Still above normal and a great day.
Wednesday an inside slider arrives. This will bring no rain, but north winds will be back.
1/6/2020
Good Monday morning,
The wind blew pretty hard last night. This morning when I went outside, it was quite a mess.
Winds today will die down in SB and transfer south to Ventura and wind prone Santa Ana locations.
Wind will begin to fall off on Tuesday, except for Santa Clara.
1/4/2020
Good chilly Saturday morning,
The good news is it will warm up as the day goes on. Highs today will be in the upper 60s, unless you are lucky enough to be in Jamaica, it will be 89 degrees.
1/3/2020
Good Friday morning,
Days are all out of wack Thanks to the holiday.
You can see high pressure over us, pushing the clouds to the north over Oregon.
https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/conus_band.php?sat=G17&band=09&length=12
Today we will see wind to our south and warm temps for all with highs in the low 70s coastal and upper 70s in the valleys. Maybe even a few 80s.
1/2/20
Good Thursday morning,
Hope everyone had a good mid week New Years. A 1 day stop to work, now it is time to pick it up again.
The good news is this year is a leap year, so Christmas and New Years will land on a Friday in 2020.
Today the winds that picked up last night will lessen by the afternoon, then shift to the northeast over Ventura and south.
1/1/20
Welcome to 2020. Wow a new decade…..thanks for the great photo Adam.
This is a good way to remember the last decade.
To start out our 2020 we will have relatively great weather other than some wind in areas.
Temps for the next week will be normal to above normal. We will even see some 70s at the end of the week.