Jack's Weather Report

Good Tuesday morning, 

Yes, the rain finally arrived. My rain alarm was walking into my office at 4am with Pearl being wet. So I knew the rain was starting.

What can we say about cut off lows. They are a forecaster pain in the ......

They tend to spin and move as they please. This one is 400 miles west of point conception now. It was forecast to be 350 miles west yesterday .50 mile makes a big difference. Regardless the rain event is now here. This of course is fueled by the subtropical moisture. This you can see with the yellow color on the satellite.

Good Monday morning, 

As sunrise approaches, so does rain for SLO and northern SB county. 

The rain is just starting up in Lompoc and will spread over the areas in the next few hours.

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The low pressure system does look quite impressive, but is spinning 600 miles west of point conception.

Good Sunday morning, 

Waking up and looking at the different clocks is a challenge. Which ones are right?

Walking outside will tell you it is really an hour earlier, because it is still dark at 6:30 am.

The rain on Saturday was more wide spread then we were expecting. Carpinteria received .26 and Santa Barbara .00.

Other areas were also all over the board. I guess if you averaged all areas, the 1/10 of an inch was just about right on. 

Good Saturday morning,

Wow, when was the last time you saw a graphic like this:

https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?x=192&y=118&site=lox&zmx=&zmy=&map_x=192&map_y=118

It certainly is a nice sight to see. Bring on the rain……

Today we will have basically a gloomy day, with fog and drizzle. Maybe a little light rain…Temps will also be on the cool side in the 60s.

Tonight the weak low pressure system moves east and we will have a dry Sunday.

Sunday, a slight warm up and we will likely see some sun.

Sunday night the cut-off low that has been advertised for the past week will begin to move towards us.

Good Friday morning,

Here we are at the end of the work week, we will see a cooler weekend, then rain.

7-Day Forecast

Starting out today, the marine layer has blanketed over us. Fog will likely hang in most of the day, keeping us cooler.

Tonight the weak low pressure system to the north drops over us. This will bring a deeper Maine layer and some drizzle possible Saturday morning.

Good Thursday morning, 

The marine layer has descended upon us, creating fog 1800 feet and below.

The marine layer will burn off around lunch time and we will see cooler temps today. 

To the south, a weak off shore flow still exists, so some warming there.

Friday will be a carbon copy of today with some fog and cooler temps in the 60s.

Good Tuesday morning,

Yes, morning came early after 4 hours of sleep, but it is nice to be home ....I think!!!

Today the forecast is all about the off shore flow and Santa Ana winds. This will make for a warm day in LA and Santa Ana wind prone areas.

Some areas will reach the low 80s. For us, we are looking at mid 70s, but a great overall day. 

https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lon=-119.6575927734375&lat=34.44202613062484

Wednesday off shore flow to start, then onshore in the afternoon. This will bring back the marine layer.

Good Monday morning,

Yes, I am late today with the forecast. I need to get back on California time….

Sunday provided the first rain in sometime. The rain totals came in .15 to .20 depending on where you live.

The rain is over and we are ready to warm up again for the week. Each day out, temps will rise and high pressure and off shore flow builds in again.

Marching into a new month..... 

As the first day of March arrives, we have a chance for some rain. Sadly it is not a storm that we want with only light rain in the forecast.

This low pressure system also will bring us cold air, lowering our snow levels to 2500 feet tonight and Monday morning.