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Weather Summary for Monday 10.23.17:   Fog and Mist thru noon.  Then mainly Cloudy with a few breaks of Sun, Breezy, Humid and Warm. The High Temperature reached 71.9°F at 3:29 pm…..Heat Index High […]

Monday started out with dense fog in the early AM, visibility around 1/4 mile but lifted by mid-morning when it yielded to just cloudy and increasingly breezy conditions as the Midwest Front approached slowly from […]

That was an exciting weekend! A very long atmospheric river originating in Japan, set itself up over the Pacific Northwest from the middle of last week through Sunday, with the heaviest action on Saturday. The […]

That was an exciting weekend! A very long atmospheric river originating in Japan, set itself up over the Pacific Northwest from the middle of last week through Sunday, with the heaviest action on Saturday. The […]

DAILY FUELS/FIRE POTENTIAL:

Strong offshore winds along with record heat and single digit humidity will cause the potential for large fire to be high across Southern California from the mountains westward […]

Today is beginning with very mild temperatures and mostly cloudy skies.  There is heavy rain showing on radar but it hasn’t reached us as yet.  Many areas of the state are under flood watches and warnings in a […]

September 2017 was warmer and drier than usual.  The 2.58″ of rain this month was considerably less than August’s 4.09″ amount. The days of measurable rain were quite low (6) and all occurred on the first 14 da […]

Sunday was a but cloudier than it has been, call it a partly cloudy day with similar high and low temps as the past few days. This pattern should be ending very soon, with Monday the last day of this above normal […]

***Hot and very dry Monday and Tuesday***

Strengthening high pressure aloft over California will bring significant warming to the region through Monday, with record heat Monday and Tuesday. Maximum temperatures […]

Tonight will bring the leading edge of a cold front which will take our temperatures to a normal range by mid week.  Today will still be wonderful but by Wednesday, it will be down right cold.  But what can I […]

Saturday continued the sunny, mild pattern into the weekend. Temperatures were in the upper-mid 40s in the early AM, rising to the lower 70s in the mid afternoon. Dew points lowered a bit today, ranging from the […]

Saturday continued the sunny, mild pattern into the weekend. Temperatures were in the upper-mid 40s in the early AM, rising to the lower 70s in the mid afternoon. Dew points lowered a bit today, ranging from the […]

Weather Summary for Saturday 10.21.17:   Mainly Clear Skies early with increasing high Clouds in the afternoon.  The High Temperature reached 74.3°F at 4:00 pm…..Heat Index High: na°F…..Humidity High: 8 […]

With a strong atmospheric river underway, I thought I’d take some time to delve a little deeper into these phenomena. In this blog, I’ll cover the basic characteristics of an atmospheric river, how these […]

Strong north winds across Santa Barbara County and the Grapevine this morning***

***Gusty offshore winds across Southern California early next week***

***Hot and very dry early next week***

Surface high […]

Yesterday’s weather was outstanding, and today should be very similar.  It’s going to be hard to part with this autumn’s weather when normalcy finally reaches us.  I’m seeing that the extended forecast is no l […]

Weather Summary for Friday 10.20.17:   Mainly Clear Skies with a few  Clouds in the afternoon.  The High Temperature reached 72.1°F at 4:20 pm…..Heat Index High: na°F…..Humidity High: 89 […]

Friday warmed up a bit overnight but didn’t get as warm during the day with weak SW winds predominating under mostly sunny skies. Temperatures were in the low 50s in the early AM, rising to the lower 70s in the […]