Jack's Weather Report

It is the last day of February and we have had quite an active weather month. 

Yesterday the rain started out quiet, but as the day went into the evening, the rain picked up.

We received close to 3/4 of an inch yesterday.

Where this was not a heavy rain. It certainly will keep all the creeks flowing.

https://www.cnrfc.noaa.gov/images/countyPrecipMaps/santabarbara_24HRprecip.png

Today will be cool and cloudy. Any rain chances should go away in the next few hours.

Friday, a weak ridge for the day. Then Friday night, the next system rolls in. 

Good Wednesday morning.

Another rainy Wednesday. I have not been keeping track, but I think Wednesdays the entire month of February have been wet.

Today will be no different. This next system will be on the weaker side. It also appears we will have a little time this morning to button up some work.

Rain is in SLO right now and moving south into Sant Maria.

https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/lox/scripts/animate.php?root=radar_cr&list=VBX_7.png,VBX_6.png,VBX_5.png,VBX_4.png,VBX_3.png,VBX_2.png,VBX_1.png,VBX_0.png

Looks like the Santa Ynez Valley will see rain around 9 am and Santa Barbara around 11 am.

Good Tuesday morning,

If you are going to northern California or the Sierras today, it is going to be wet and snowy.

For the Sierras, they are setting up to break records for snowfall for the season. The AR is going to be right over them through the day, before it begins to drop south.

Looks like they will see 2 to 4 inches of rain and a few feet of snow. (what are they doing with all that snow )

https://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/west/nepac/h5-loop-wv.html

For us, we will see high clouds. Then as it turns to the night, the rain in the Bay areas drops to the south.

Rain will start up in the central coast around midnight, then drop south. Rain will start up in the Valley around dawn and arrive in Santa Barbara around 8am.

Good Monday morning,

So much for the forecast of a dry week. 

Take a look, there is lots of Action that will begin to affect Northern California tonight. 

You can see the spinning low. It is also pulling the subtropical moisture from Hawaii into Northern California. 

https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/total_forecast/getprod.php?prod=XXXAFDLOX&wfo=LOX

Rain is back in the forecast for Tuesday night on the central coast. Then sagging south on Wednesday affecting us. 

The Tuesday night through Wednesday night system is going be felt the most over the central coast.

They will see 1/2 to 3/4 of a inch. Northwest foothills can see 1 1/2 inches.

Good Sunday morning,

It now is looking like we will see some rain on Wednesday. It will be on the lighter side, but the rain will likely sag far enough south to affect our areas with some rain.

For your Sunday, we will have a nice day with a high in the low 60s.

Monday, another day like Sunday.

Tuesday, the clouds will start to stream into the area. Rain will stay to the north.

Tuesday night the rain will start up over the central coast, then move south.

Wednesday looks like we will see rain. This will be on the lighter side for Santa Barbara, maybe ¼ of an inch. The central coast will see a little more rain around ½ inch.

Good Saturday morning, 

The chill continues. Waking up this morning in Santa Ynez, it is a chilly 30 degrees. Santa Barbara and Montecito, 42 degrees.

Any way you look at this, it's like a winter blast of cold. I know folks that live in the Midwest and east coast would laugh at me by saying this.

However us in Southern California are just not use to this cold. 

https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lon=-120.06614685058592&lat=34.582344417658376#.XHE-3xqIafA

Last night I was driving home from my office at around 5:30 and the sun was still up. We are gaining more day light each day.

One week from today, daylight savings is back. We gain an hour of day light in the evening.

Good Friday morning,

It has been a wild month of February, with crazy storms. This last system was very exciting for some.

However, Santa Barbara missed all the ACTION.

Areas to the north, Santa Maria, SLO, and Santa Ynez all saw 1/2 of a inch. We saw 2/100.

https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/lox/scripts/getlocal.php?prod=LAXRRMSBA

The most exciting part was yesterday, when that red cell went through Nipomo.

Gordon sent me some photos, then Andy came through with the video.

Winds last night blew pretty hard from the north. This is thanks to a low pressure system spinning over Nevada right now.

https://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/west/weus/h5-loop-wv.html

This is an extremely cold system that is working its way south today. It has very little moisture with it, and north winds will prevent most of SB from seeing much precipitation.

With that being said, there will still be showers today. These will occur throughout the day. Not much, but we will have some showers. Maybe ¼ of a inch, mainly over the mountains.

We will hope that snow may be seen at sunrise. Snow levels today can actually get as high as 1000 feet. Possible as low as 500 feet.

We will see what the day brings us.

Here comes the next very cold system. The feature of this low pressure system is not the wind or rain, but the cold air it brings with it.

This system is diving south out of Canada right now. North to south flow over land is going to be moisture starved. 

https://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/west/nepac/h5-loop-wv.html

This will make for unstable air, but very limited rain and snow.

For areas like Santa Barbara, the south facing mountains are going to block the rain showers.

The best we can hope for is some white on the hillside of San Marcus Pass.