Solvang, CA Weather

Santa Barbara County6:51 AM PDT34.60°N, 120.14°WElevation 505 ft
Flood Watch from 8:00 AM Wed until 4:00 PM Thu

Current conditions

Rain
55°
Rain
Feels like 55°
High 70°·Low 49°
WindCalm
Humidity100%
Dew point55°
Pressure29.83 inHg
Visibility10.0 mi
Cloud cover100%
UV index0 Low
Sunrise7:12 AM
Sunset6:20 PM

Observed at Santa Ynez, Santa Ynez Airport · 36 min ago

Forecast

10-day

  • Wednesday

    Rain and a slight chance of thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a high near 70. Southeast wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.

  • Wednesday Night

    Rain and a slight chance of thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a low around 49. East wind 0 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

  • Thursday

    Rain and a slight chance of thunderstorms before 5pm, then a slight chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 70. Northwest wind 0 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

National Weather Service forecast updated 19 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Rain 52°78%
  2. 7 AM Rain 54°78%
  3. 8 AM Rain 54°78%
  4. 9 AM Rain 56°78%
  5. 10 AM Rain 59°78%
  6. 11 AM Rain 60°85%
  7. 12 PM Rain 64°85%
  8. 1 PM Rain 67°85%
  9. 2 PM Rain 67°85%
  10. 3 PM Rain 68°85%
  11. 4 PM Rain 68°85%
  12. 5 PM Rain 65°88%
  13. 6 PM Rain 64°88%
  14. 7 PM Rain 62°88%
  15. 8 PM Rain 59°88%
  16. 9 PM Rain 58°88%
  17. 10 PM Rain 57°88%
  18. 11 PM Rain 56°96%
  19. Thu12 AM Rain 56°96%
  20. 1 AM Rain 55°96%
  21. 2 AM Rain 55°96%
  22. 3 AM Rain 54°96%
  23. 4 AM Rain 53°96%
  24. 5 AM Light Rain Likely 53°69%

Daily forecast

Details
  1. TueOct 20 Mostly Cloudy Mostly Cloudy78%50°77°
  2. TodayOct 21 Rain Rain96%49°70°
  3. ThuOct 22 Light Rain Light Rain79%46°70°
  4. FriOct 23 Sunny Sunny45°76°
  5. SatOct 24 Sunny Sunny47°80°
  6. SunOct 25 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny47°81°
  7. MonOct 26 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny46°82°
  8. TueOct 27 Cloudy Cloudy58°86°
  9. WedOct 28 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy60°81°

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

33
Good
Fine particles (PM2.5)

Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.

Forecast

  • WedGood
  • ThuGood
  • FriGood

Santa Ynez, CA reporting area · 1 hr ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:12 AM
Sunset 6:20 PM
Daylight 11 h 8 min (−2 min 2 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 77% lit
Moonrise 3:50 PM Moonset 2:33 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 8

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low73° / 50°
Month to date<0.01 in (normal 0.36 in)

Santa Barbara Muni Ap, records since 1941. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in LOX, issued 4 hrs ago

Synopsis

21/227 AM.

Widespread rain will develop later today and continue into Thursday with a chance of thunderstorms. A weak Santa Ana will develop in the storm's wake by the weekend for dry and warmer conditions.

Long Term (sat-tue)

21/227 AM.

Weak ridging and weak (1 to 3 mb) offshore flow from both the east and north will be in place for the entire xtnd period. The best upper level support will be on Saturday when there will be 30 to 40 mph gusts csts/vlys and as high as 50 mph in the mtns. The winds will be weaker starting Sunday.

High pressure and offshore flow should keep the skies clear.

There will be decent warming on Saturday (4 to 6 degrees) and then 1 or 2 degrees of extra warming Sun and Mon. Tuesday will cool some as the ridge and offshore flow weaken substantially. Cst/Vly temps will be a little above normal while the interior will be several degrees blo normal.

A quick look at the AI long range models shows dry conditions through the end of the month.

Aviation

21/0858Z.

At 0832Z at KLAX, there was no marine layer nor an inversion.

High confidence in VFR TAFs at KPMD and KWJF.

Moderate confidence in non desert TAFs through 17Z with a 30 percent chc of intermittent MVFR cigs.

Moderate confidence in all non desert TAFs after 17Z. Rain timing could be off by +/- 2 hours. There is a 40 percent chc that there will be MVFR cigs/vis with the rain.

There is a 10-20 percent chance of TSRA KSBA and north starting around 18Z. The chc of TSRA will then spread to KOXR and KCMA Wednesday afternoon, and into LA County after 03Z.

Marine

21/230 AM.

Expecting showers to continue moving into the coastal waters this morning as the low approaches from the west. Boaters can expect rain and a chance of thunderstorms and isolated waterspouts spreading from western waters to southeast. With any thunderstorm there is also the threat of lightning, gusty and erratic winds, small hail, and choppy seas. Winds still do not look too impactful, there is a good chance for periods of Small Craft Advisory (SCA) level (including the nearshore waters) southerly winds this morning through this evening. 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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