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Goleta, CA 93117 Weather
Current conditions
Observed at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Municipal Airport · 41 min ago
Forecast
10-day-
Tonight
A chance of rain between 11pm and 5am, then rain and a slight chance of thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a low around 54. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
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Wednesday
Rain and a slight chance of thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a high near 68. East southeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
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Wednesday Night
Rain and a slight chance of thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a low around 52. East wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
National Weather Service forecast updated 12 hrs ago.
Hourly
Hourly forecast- Now56°43%
- 2 AM56°43%
- 3 AM56°43%
- 4 AM56°43%
- 5 AM58°83%
- 6 AM58°83%
- 7 AM58°83%
- 8 AM58°83%
- 9 AM54°83%
- 10 AM53°83%
- 11 AM54°91%
- 12 PM52°91%
- 1 PM60°91%
- 2 PM66°91%
- 3 PM63°91%
- 4 PM63°91%
- 5 PM61°99%
- 6 PM61°99%
- 7 PM60°99%
- 8 PM55°99%
- 9 PM55°99%
- 10 PM55°99%
- 11 PM55°92%
- Thu12 AM55°92%
10-day forecast
Details- TonightOct 20Rain75%54°
- TodayOct 21Rain98%52°68°
- ThuOct 22Light Rain80%52°68°
- FriOct 23Sunny51°74°
- SatOct 24Sunny54°75°
- SunOct 25Mostly Sunny54°76°
- MonOct 26Mostly Sunny54°77°
- TueOct 27Mostly Sunny76°
- WedOct 28Cloudy69°84°
- ThuOct 29Cloudy65°77°
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
Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.
Forecast
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Goleta, CA reporting area · 1 hr ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.
Sun & moon
Almanac
MonthlySanta Barbara, records since 1893. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).
Nearby
- Ventura 55 km
- Santa Barbara 15 km
- Lompoc 59 km
- Isla Vista 2 km
- Carpinteria 32 km
- Montecito 21 km
- Ojai 57 km
- Mira Monte 53 km
- Solvang 31 km
- Buellton 37 km
- Santa Ynez 29 km
- Oak View 52 km
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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