Santa Barbara, CA 93108 Weather

Santa Barbara County8:09 PM PDT34.44°N, 119.62°W
Flood Watch from 8:00 AM Wed until 4:00 PM Thu

Current conditions

Mostly Cloudy
68°
Mostly Cloudy
Feels like 68°
High 66° Wednesday·Low 59° tonight
WindSE 2 mph
Humidity84%
Dew point63°
Cloud cover77%
UV index0 Low
Sunrise7:09 AM
Sunset6:19 PM

Observed at MONTECITO #2 · 1 hr ago

Forecast

10-day

  • Tonight

    Rain likely after 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

  • Wednesday

    Rain likely before 11am, then rain and a slight chance of thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a high near 66. East southeast wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.

  • Wednesday Night

    Rain and a slight chance of thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a low around 58. East northeast wind 5 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.

National Weather Service forecast updated 7 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Mostly Cloudy 63°
  2. 9 PM Mostly Cloudy 63°
  3. 10 PM Mostly Cloudy 63°
  4. 11 PM Slight Chance Light Rain 63°17%
  5. Wed12 AM Slight Chance Light Rain 63°17%
  6. 1 AM Slight Chance Light Rain 63°17%
  7. 2 AM Slight Chance Light Rain 63°17%
  8. 3 AM Slight Chance Light Rain 62°17%
  9. 4 AM Slight Chance Light Rain 62°17%
  10. 5 AM Rain Likely 62°66%
  11. 6 AM Rain Likely 60°66%
  12. 7 AM Rain Likely 61°66%
  13. 8 AM Rain Likely 62°66%
  14. 9 AM Rain Likely 63°66%
  15. 10 AM Rain Likely 65°66%
  16. 11 AM Rain 65°89%
  17. 12 PM Rain 65°89%
  18. 1 PM Rain 64°89%
  19. 2 PM Rain 64°89%
  20. 3 PM Rain 64°89%
  21. 4 PM Rain 65°89%
  22. 5 PM Rain 65°96%
  23. 6 PM Rain 64°96%
  24. 7 PM Rain 63°96%

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TonightOct 20 Rain Likely Rain Likely66%59°
  2. WedOct 21 Rain Rain98%58°66°
  3. ThuOct 22 Light Rain Light Rain87%55°66°
  4. FriOct 23 Sunny Sunny56°70°
  5. SatOct 24 Sunny Sunny59°74°
  6. SunOct 25 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny60°76°
  7. MonOct 26 Sunny Sunny59°76°
  8. TueOct 27 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny75°
  9. WedOct 28 Cloudy Cloudy58°84°
  10. ThuOct 29 Cloudy Cloudy61°80°

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 1 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 74% lit
Moonrise 3:20 PM Moonset 1:31 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

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 6 hrs ago

Synopsis

20/1221 PM.

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 (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

20/2049Z.

At 20Z at KLAX, there was no marine layer or inversion.

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.

SHRA is expected for overspread 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.

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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