Santa Barbara, CA Weather

Santa Barbara County12:27 PM PDT34.42°N, 119.70°WElevation 49 ft
Flood Watch from 8:00 AM Wed until 4:00 PM Thu

Current conditions

Mostly Sunny
75°
Mostly Sunny
Feels like 75°
High 75°·Low 57°
WindSSE 4 mph gusts 9 mph
Humidity64%
Dew point62°
Cloud cover44%
UV index5 Moderate
Sunrise7:09 AM
Sunset6:19 PM

Observed at MONTECITO #2 · 1 hr ago

Forecast

10-day

  • Today

    Partly sunny, with a high near 75. South wind 5 to 10 mph.

  • Tonight

    Rain showers after 5am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 57. South southeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

  • Wednesday

    Rain showers before 5pm, then showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a high near 68. East southeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

National Weather Service forecast updated 10 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Mostly Sunny 71°
  2. 1 PM Mostly Sunny 73°
  3. 2 PM Mostly Sunny 75°
  4. 3 PM Mostly Sunny 71°
  5. 4 PM Mostly Sunny 69°
  6. 5 PM Partly Sunny 68°
  7. 6 PM Mostly Cloudy 63°
  8. 7 PM Mostly Cloudy 61°
  9. 8 PM Mostly Cloudy 61°
  10. 9 PM Mostly Cloudy 60°
  11. 10 PM Mostly Cloudy 58°
  12. 11 PM Mostly Cloudy 58°
  13. Wed12 AM Mostly Cloudy 57°
  14. 1 AM Mostly Cloudy 58°
  15. 2 AM Mostly Cloudy 59°
  16. 3 AM Mostly Cloudy 59°
  17. 4 AM Mostly Cloudy 59°
  18. 5 AM Rain Showers 61°75%
  19. 6 AM Rain Showers 62°75%
  20. 7 AM Rain Showers 61°75%
  21. 8 AM Rain Showers 63°75%
  22. 9 AM Rain Showers 63°75%
  23. 10 AM Rain Showers 66°75%
  24. 11 AM Rain Showers 68°91%

Daily forecast

Details
  1. TodayOct 20 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny75%57°75°
  2. WedOct 21 Rain Showers Rain Showers94%56°68°
  3. ThuOct 22 Showers And Thunderstorms Likely Showers And Thunderstorms Likely74%53°68°
  4. FriOct 23 Sunny Sunny53°73°
  5. SatOct 24 Sunny Sunny56°76°
  6. SunOct 25 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny55°76°
  7. MonOct 26 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny54°76°
  8. TueOct 27 Cloudy Cloudy55°86°
  9. WedOct 28 Cloudy Cloudy62°83°

Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.

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Air quality

Forecast

  • TueGood
  • WedGood
  • ThuGood

Santa Barbara, CA reporting area. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:09 AM
Sunset 6:19 PM
Daylight 11 h 10 min (−2 min 2 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 71% lit
Moonrise 3:20 PM Moonset 1:32 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 8

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low76° / 56°
Record high95° (1965)
Record low36° (1920)
Wettest1.58 in (2004)
Yesterday81° / 42°
Month to date0.00 in (normal 0.37 in)

Santa Barbara, records since 1893. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in LOX, issued 9 hrs ago

Synopsis

20/227 AM.

It will be cooler today. Widespread rain will develop Wednesday and continue into Thursday with a chance of thunderstorms. A weak Santa Ana will develop in the storms wake.

Long Term (fri-mon)

20/227 AM.

As it often happens east Pac ridging will follow on the heals of the upper low. Dry NNW flow will move into the state on Friday. In addition offshore flow from north will develop at the sfc. This will lead to some close to advisory wind gusts through the northerly oriented passes and canyons. Skies will turn sunny and this along with rising hgts will bring 3 to 6 degrees of warming to the area.

A low level Santa Ana will develop Saturday and continue through Monday. There will only be 2 to 4 mb offshore flow and marginal upper level support so winds may even stay under advisory level - it will certainly be nothing like last Friday's wind event. Look for another 3 to 6 degrees of warming on Saturday with little change on Sunday and Monday. Even with the warming almost all max temps across the csts and vly will only reach into the 70s.

Aviation

20/0928Z.

At 0832Z at KLAX, the marine layer was 800 ft deep. The top of the inversion was at 1800 ft with a temperature of 22 C.

High confidence in VFR TAFs at KBUR, KVNY, KPMD, and KWJF.

Moderate confidence in IFR-MVFR conds at KSMX, KSMO, KLAX, & KLGB. Timing may be off +/- 3 hours with CIG height +/- 200 ft of TAF. There is a 25% chance for no low clouds.

Good confidence in TAFs for KSBP, KSBA, KOXR, and KCMA. There is a 15% chance for brief IFR-MVFR conds 20/12Z-17Z.

KLAX...Moderate confidence in TAF. There is a 25% chance for no low clouds. There is a 30% chc of lower cigs of OVC008. Low clouds may arrive as early as 11Z. No significant east wind component expected.

Marine

20/216 AM.

Relatively quiet conditions are expected across the waters today, then a storm system will move into the coastal waters as early as late this evening. This system will impact the area through Thursday. While at this point it doesn't appear as though it will bring significant winds, there will likely be some enhanced southerly flow Wednesday, which may require SCAs to be issued (including nearshore). In addition to the enhanced southerly flow, boaters can expect rain and a chance of thunderstorms and isolated waterspouts. With any thunderstorm there is the threat of lightning, gusty and erratic winds, small hail, and choppy seas. As the system leaves the area Thursday, fairly widespread west to northwest SCA winds will impact much of the coastal waters, creating steep, choppy wind waves.

Then a weak to locally moderate Santa Ana Wind event is likely this weekend, with some localized SCA level gusts possible nearshore in favored areas nearshore adjacent to Ventura and LA Counties.

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