Santa Barbara, CA 93103 Weather

Santa Barbara County12:56 AM PDT34.43°N, 119.68°W
Flood Watch from 8:00 AM Wed until 4:00 PM Thu

Current conditions

Slight Chance Light Rain
65°
Slight Chance Light Rain
Feels like 65°
High 68°·Low 56° tonight
WindCalm
Humidity85%
Dew point60°
Cloud cover81%
UV index0 Low
Sunrise7:10 AM
Sunset6:18 PM

Observed at MONTECITO #2 · 49 min ago

Forecast

10-day

  • Tonight

    Rain showers. Cloudy, with a low around 56. East southeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

  • Wednesday

    Rain showers before 11am, then showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a high near 68. East southeast wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.

  • Wednesday Night

    Showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a low around 53. East wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.

National Weather Service forecast updated 1 hr ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Slight Chance Light Rain 63°23%
  2. 1 AM Slight Chance Light Rain 63°23%
  3. 2 AM Slight Chance Light Rain 63°23%
  4. 3 AM Slight Chance Light Rain 62°23%
  5. 4 AM Slight Chance Light Rain 61°23%
  6. 5 AM Rain Likely 61°69%
  7. 6 AM Rain Likely 58°69%
  8. 7 AM Rain Likely 60°69%
  9. 8 AM Rain Likely 62°69%
  10. 9 AM Rain Likely 63°69%
  11. 10 AM Rain Likely 65°69%
  12. 11 AM Rain 64°88%
  13. 12 PM Rain 64°88%
  14. 1 PM Rain 65°88%
  15. 2 PM Rain 65°88%
  16. 3 PM Rain 66°88%
  17. 4 PM Rain 67°88%
  18. 5 PM Rain 65°95%
  19. 6 PM Rain 65°95%
  20. 7 PM Rain 64°95%
  21. 8 PM Rain 63°95%
  22. 9 PM Rain 62°95%
  23. 10 PM Rain 62°95%
  24. 11 PM Rain 62°98%

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TonightOct 20 Rain Showers Rain Showers80%56°
  2. TodayOct 21 Showers And Thunderstorms Showers And Thunderstorms97%53°68°
  3. ThuOct 22 Showers And Thunderstorms Showers And Thunderstorms79%53°68°
  4. FriOct 23 Sunny Sunny53°73°
  5. SatOct 24 Sunny Sunny56°75°
  6. SunOct 25 Sunny Sunny56°77°
  7. MonOct 26 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny56°77°
  8. TueOct 27 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny75°
  9. WedOct 28 Cloudy Cloudy56°87°
  10. ThuOct 29 Cloudy Cloudy62°82°

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

  • WedGood
  • ThuGood
  • FriGood

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

Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:10 AM
Sunset 6:18 PM
Daylight 11 h 8 min (−2 min 1 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 75% lit
Moonrise 3:48 PM Moonset 2:32 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 8

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low75° / 55°
Record high98° (1929)
Record low37° (1920)
Wettest0.48 in (1985)
Yesterday80° / 44°
Month to date0.00 in (normal 0.40 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 3 hrs ago

Synopsis

20/805 PM.

Widespread rain will develop Wednesday 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)

20/129 PM.

A weak to low end moderate Santa Ana event is expected this weekend but much weaker than the last event. Temperatures should warm up quickly into the upper 70s and 80s most everywhere except for the mountains and deserts. Latest models are indicating peak winds between 30 and 50 mph, strongest in the LA/Ventura mountains.

Aviation

21/0428Z.

At 00Z at KLAX, the marine layer was 800 ft deep. The top of the inversion was at 2600 ft with a temperature of 20 C.

High confidence in VFR TAFs at KPMD and KWJF.

Moderate confidence in MVFR conds at times at remaining sites. Timing may be off +/- 3 hours with CIG height +/- 200 ft of TAF.

Rain is expected for most TAF sites between 12Z-22Z, earliest along the Central Coast to KSBA. There is a 10-20 percent chance of TSRA KSBA and north starting around 18Z. TSRA spreads to KOXR and KCMA Wednesday afternoon, and into LA County after 06Z.

KLAX...Moderate confidence in TAF. There is a 30% chc of lower cigs of OVC008. An east wind component up to 5 kt is possible 12-18Z with a 10 percent chance of brief 8 kt.

Marine

20/925 PM.

Expecting showers to move into the coastal waters as early as tonight as the low approaches from the west. Boaters can expect rain and a chance of thunderstorms and isolated waterspouts spreading from west 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 Wednesday morning through Wednesday 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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