Jack's Weather Report

It is just crazy how less than 200 miles the weather difference can be this extreme - Yesterday in Palm Springs Vs today in Santa Barbara.

Today, and moving through the rest of the week, the pattern really does not change. As we wake in Santa Barbara it is another wet start to the day with chilly temps at 54 degrees.

We will only see a high of 65 degrees and clearing in the afternoon.

Santa Ynez clearing earlier with a high of 79 degree , starting out with 54 degrees also.

The desert is just hot, and a chance of monsoonal moisture the rest of this week as the humidity climbs. It will be hot and humid and 100 to 103.

My pick is Santa Ynez at 80 degrees this weekend, maybe taking in a winery.

Enjoy the May Gray, because it is not going away anytime soon.

Jack Martin

Good morning,

Pea soup in SB and tropical 🌴 in palm springs . 77 degrees here and 103 for the high. Too 🥵 hot I am coming home to drizzle. Great morning here, but after 1 pm you need to hide indoors.

It is amazing the difference of having a cold Pacific Ocean / air conditioner will do you change the wars there no a short distance.

Look at the zoom earth, you’ll see that high clouds are straining up over the inland areas and the fog along the coast.

https://zoom.earth/

This will bring a very slight chance of rain over the inland mountains this afternoon and Wednesday. Maybe will see some high clouds streaming overhead when the fog breaks, but no threat in SB.

This week continues 70s coastal with morning fog, 80s in the valleys and 100 in the deserts. Enjoy the California weather. I might need my winter parka coming home today after a few days in Palm Springs 😂

Jack Martin

Good Monday morning, 

This weeks weather in California will vary on where you live. Coastal fog in the morning and low 70s for highs, valleys also some fog, but quicker clearing and low 80s. Mountains and deserts 100 degrees and some thunderstorms possible Tuesday and Wednesday. This is a mixed bag for all as 70 to 100 is 2 hours away from each other.
https://zoom.earth/maps/satellite/#view=26.1,-115.9,5.49z

This is all pretty normal for this time of year, but the monsoonal moisture is not typical.

The monsoonal moisture will not affect the coastal or valleys near us, but LA mountains and deserts are possible. 

All in all a calm week with various degrees of weather. Have a good week and see you soon.

Jack Martin

Good afternoon,

Finally the west coast is heating up. It looks like the entire west coast will be hot this weekend into next week.

Even Seattle, WA will be in the 80s and 90s. Here we will see hot everywhere but the beaches, but still nice in the 70s at the beaches.

The valleys 80s and 90s through at least mid-week next. Deserts will 100 plus.

This is all thanks to high pressure building in https://zoom.earth/

Enjoy the fantastic weekend

Jack Martin

Good Thursday morning, 

What a great day it was yesterday with warming and calm winds. Did you see the rocket launch at 1 pm yesterday? I did it was pretty cool in the perfect blue skies. 

Today and through the next week we will see warming in all valleys and inland locations.

Very typical for this time of year. Highs in the 80s and 90s. Along the coast fog will start out most days then clearing. An Eddy will spin off the coast of Catalina keeping fog and cooler along the coast. Coastal areas will warm into the 70s as we get into the weekend, but the hot areas will be valleys and deserts.
https://zoom.earth/maps/satellite/#view=33.8,-120.4,4z

Next week warm continues inland and May gray along the coast. This is all typical late spring and early summer weather. The threat of monsoonal moisture is growing to the south over the desert areas mid week. We will see how that plays out. 

Enjoy the warm weather, if you want hot, just drive over the hill 

Jack Martin

Good Wednesday morning,

All the wind last night blew away the marine layer. North flow is going to make rough seas today, as the low-pressure system washes through.

Today will be transition day, before we start a big warmup into the weekend. This weekend will be 7 to 15 degrees above normal in the valleys.

Expect 80s and 90s in all valley areas though midweek next. https://zoom.earth/maps/satellite/#view=32.92,-119.62,6z

High pressure is taking over, and the crazy part is there is even going to be monsoonal flow in the beginning of the week.

This can cause early season rains to the South. How crazy as that!!!!

We will see what happens, but monsoonal rains this far north are not likely.

Enjoy the transition from spring to summer, the crazy year continues.

As always stay tuned.

Jack Martin

Good Tuesday morning,

A weak low-pressure system will pass through the next 2 days. This really will not do much to our weather here.

Yes, if you listen to the TV they say 20% of thundershowers, but this is not likely here. Maybe to the south, but not here.

So what’s up? weak low pressure will bring more northwest winds tonight. Highs will remain in the 60s. https://zoom.earth/maps/satellite/#view=37.3,-139.4,4z

North winds are not likely to cause any rain in the Santa Barbara area because of our mountains.

Wednesday the low will pass through and on Thursday we will start a warming trend.

It does look like a big warm-up into next week as high pressure and offshore winds will be the formula for hotter temps.

70, 80s, and 90s into the weekend and next week.

Have a great day!

Jack Martin

Good Monday morning, 

A cut off low over the Oregon coast is spinning to the north keeping us cooler.
https://zoom.earth/maps/satellite/#view=37.2,-131.9,4.38z

This morning as I went outside to feed Pearl it truly felt like a spring morning. All the birds were chirping and cool damp air smelled fresh. 

I do think Spring has arrived and there is no more looking back from this crazy season.

Today it will remain cooler with highs in the 60s. Tonight some northwest winds 10 to 20 miles an hour.

Tuesday the cutoff low will keep us cooler, but no rain here. A few mountain showers north or south are possible, but just chilly.

Wednesday, we will see where the cut off low drifts, but high pressure should start to build in and begin a warming trend.

Looking into the second half of the week we will finally see temps rebound and warm us into the 70s, 80s and even some low 90s in valleys by the weekend.

Enjoy the spring like week, we deserve it.

Jack Martin

Good Friday morning,

Surprise to some, but not to me as SB saw 1/4 an inch of rain around 3am. 

As mentioned yesterday, we had another 1/4 coming and low and behold, there it is. 

This increased Santa Barbara rain total to 1.08 inch for this rare May storm. 
https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/lox/scripts/getlocal.php?prod=LAXRRMSBA

The low pressure system is now pushing East and will mess with the rest of the country. The rain early this morning was wrap around moisture as the main low is south and East of our area. Today we will see more sunshine slightly warmer by 3 to 6 degrees, but 60s at best and 10 to 15 degrees below normal. 

Saturday another weak system, that will do nothing more then bring high clouds and cool temps remain in the 60s. 

Saturday afternoon and night some north winds will blow mildly keeping fog out of SB for Sunday, but allowing it to form in other coastal location. 
Sunday a nice over all day, some valleys might hit 70  but nothing any warmer.

Next week, if you are looking for a warm up, it will not happen. No rain next week, but 70s should return. A system rolls into the Pacific Northwest keeping us cool though mid week. 

Thursday into the weekend the forecast is not 100%, but it does look like a ridge will build in and we will warm up to at least normal 70s- 80s. 

This year and season today has been very interesting, but I think we can finally put an end to the turbulent weather and start to enjoy the weather we live in California for. 

Don’t put that sweatshirt away yet, but you can hang up the rain gear for the season. 

Enjoy the weekend,

Jack Martin

Good wet Thursday morning,

I started to type 3/4/23 because it is more like the beginning of March... Just crazy rain total for May. Montecito had 1.10 inch, Santa Barbara .87 https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/lox/scripts/getlocal.php?prod=LAXRRMSBA

Of course south facing mountains got the most rain. The low is spinning right over point conception and rain has shifted further south in Long Beach.

So what’s up for today? It looks like lingering showers today and another ¼ of an inch. Because this storm has moved so slowly the rain can linger into Friday with showers possible mainly in the mountains. Snow level is 4000 feet with high elevation snows. It will be a chilly day with highs in the upper 50s to low 60s temps to rebound very slowly with a cool weekend in the 60s.

Next week we will rebound to 70s, but only getting to normal temps for this time of year. The only good new is the rain is gone.

We will start to dry out today and peaks of blue skies are visible.

Jack Martin