Montecito, CA Weather

Santa Barbara County6:19 PM PDT34.44°N, 119.63°WElevation 180 ft
Flood Watch from 8:00 AM Wed until 4:00 PM Thu

Current conditions

Mostly Cloudy
70°
Mostly Cloudy
Feels like 70°
High 68° Wednesday·Low 58° tonight
WindESE 3 mph
Humidity76%
Dew point62°
Cloud cover59%
UV index0 Low
Sunrise7:09 AM
Sunset6:19 PM

Observed at MONTECITO #2 · 1 hr ago

Forecast

10-day

  • Tonight

    Rain showers likely after 5am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 58. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. 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.

  • Wednesday Night

    Showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a low around 57. East northeast wind 0 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

National Weather Service forecast updated 16 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Mostly Cloudy 63°
  2. 7 PM Mostly Cloudy 59°
  3. 8 PM Mostly Cloudy 59°
  4. 9 PM Mostly Cloudy 58°
  5. 10 PM Mostly Cloudy 58°
  6. 11 PM Mostly Cloudy 58°
  7. Wed12 AM Mostly Cloudy 58°
  8. 1 AM Mostly Cloudy 58°
  9. 2 AM Mostly Cloudy 58°
  10. 3 AM Mostly Cloudy 59°
  11. 4 AM Mostly Cloudy 59°
  12. 5 AM Rain Showers Likely 59°69%
  13. 6 AM Rain Showers Likely 60°69%
  14. 7 AM Rain Showers Likely 59°69%
  15. 8 AM Rain Showers Likely 63°69%
  16. 9 AM Rain Showers Likely 63°69%
  17. 10 AM Rain Showers Likely 65°69%
  18. 11 AM Rain Showers 68°90%
  19. 12 PM Rain Showers 62°90%
  20. 1 PM Rain Showers 61°90%
  21. 2 PM Rain Showers 61°90%
  22. 3 PM Rain Showers 62°90%
  23. 4 PM Rain Showers 61°90%
  24. 5 PM Showers And Thunderstorms 63°84%

Daily forecast

Details
  1. TodayOct 20 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny69%58°75°
  2. WedOct 21 Rain Showers Rain Showers93%57°68°
  3. ThuOct 22 Showers And Thunderstorms Likely Showers And Thunderstorms Likely74%55°68°
  4. FriOct 23 Sunny Sunny56°72°
  5. SatOct 24 Sunny Sunny58°73°
  6. SunOct 25 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny58°73°
  7. MonOct 26 Sunny Sunny57°73°
  8. TueOct 27 Cloudy Cloudy57°83°
  9. WedOct 28 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 · 73% lit
Moonrise 3:20 PM Moonset 1:31 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 4 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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