Sharon Fritz

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• 4/28/25

  Mon, April 28, 2025

  Good Monday morning, The chilly and wet weekend is over, and it is time for a warm up to at least normal temps. It has been a chilly last week with temps 15 to 20 degrees below normal. We will start to see a reversal of that, with temps more normal. With highs in the 60s to low 70s. The weekend brought nice spring showers with 1/3 to 1/2 an inch of rain for all. The winner was Figueroa mountain with .90 of an inch. Today we will start our warm up. With highs in the mid to upper 60s along the coast and low 70s in the valley . Overall a nice week of weather mild and dry through Friday. Mid week the coastal fog will return along the coast, but valleys should remain mostly clear. Next Saturday a weak front approaches, but rain is not likely only additional cooling. I spent the weekend in Bellevue Washington. If you have never been there it is a really cool modern city. All the high rise buildings have been built in the past 20 years and when the sun shines it is over the top beautiful (especially as you enter into the summer months with day light lasting through the 10pm hour). We went to Ascend restaurant on Saturday night on the 31st floor of the Lincoln Tower and the views were over the top of lake Washington, Bellevue park and the high rises. It is worth a 2 hour direct from Santa Barbara if you have not been there Enjoy the week. It will be a nice improvement from last week, but spring like, not summer like yet…. See you soon Jack Martin

• 4/21/25

  Mon, April 21, 2025

  Good Monday morning, I hope everyone had a great Easter weekend. The weather was just perfect with sun, but mild weather. This week we will see more onshore flow with plenty of fog along the coast. This will give us cloudy skies and below normal temps all week. Highs in the 60s along the coast and low 70s in the valleys, all week long. No rain, maybe some drizzle at times especially towards the end of the week. You can see the onshore flow and marine layer moving in. https://zoom.earth/ Have a good week, it will be cooler, but nice weather for April Jack Martin

• 11/14/24

  Thu, November 14, 2024

  Good Thursday morning, Lots of Action in the forecast, but no rain. Another chilly start to the day, with 49 degrees in Santa Barbara and 36 in Santa Ynez. I was in Santa Ynez at my grand daughter's soccer scrimmage yesterday, and wow, as soon as the sun went down, it got cold. Low pressure will drop south today with an inland track. What this really means is winds starting later today from the northwest 30 to 50 miles an hour in the mountains. Rain chance on the central coast, but really none here. Friday a very chilly day with highs in the upper 50s to low 60s and frost at night in the valleys. Saturday we begin a warm up with light off shore winds and a warning trend into into early next week. Highs will rise back into the 70s. Tuesday into Wednesday trends are for another moderate to strong Santa Ana wind event. This means high fire danger again. It is that time of year when this occurs every year in the fall to early winter months, creating our wild fire danger. I think it was Johnny Carson that said we have 4 seasons in California. Fire, wind, rain, and earthquake. This week is a full moon, look outside and check it out it would be Crystal clear for viewing. The fireball moon https://search.app/9DGpUHkLh4eJMeaz8🌕 Jack Martin

• 11/12/24

  Tue, November 12, 2024

  Good Tuesday morning, The weather system on Monday moved through and brought a little rain to SLo but none here. Only wind as predicted. Today the winds shift south with a mild Santa Ana wind event 20 to 30 miles an hour an hour winds, affecting the fire areas, but it will be short lived. Wednesday will be nice, warm and the warmest day of the week as a weak ridge builds in. Thursday the next system approaches with a chance for light rain. This system is also moisture starved, so only a little bit of rain is possible. This appears to arrive Thursday night at best, but likely will bring showers possibilities into the weekend. Not a lot of rain regardless but models will come together as the week progresses. Looking at all the Action, rain has been staying in the Pacific Northwest through recent. This is a likely trend through the period and we will see when we see the shift. In the meantime, we will see winds and some light rains as these systems only brush our area. As far as temps go, chilly nights, especially in the valleys and warmer days as the sun warms the earth. 30s and 40s at night and upper 60s to low 70s by day. Have a great Tuesday, talk soon Jack Martin

• 4/23/24

  Tue, April 23, 2024

  Good Tuesday morning, Lots of fog out there. Not as wet as yesterday but still quite damp. fog level is at 5000 feet, so higher elevations are seeing the drizzle. https://zoom.earth/ Clearing today is more likely, but reverse clearing. That means the coastal locations with see the clouds’ part before the valleys. looks like clearing will occur this afternoon, but it will be cool and chilly. Fog, low clouds, and drizzle are part of the forecast the entire week with a 20 to 30 % chance of morning drizzles. https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lon=-119.68313605338334&lat=34.43067150908138 Thursday a weak low pressure system will roll over us. This alone will not cause rain, but combined with the marine layer drizzle and light rain is possible. Friday another chance for drizzle, but this will be the last day of the gloom. It looks like the weekend through Monday we will be warming each day with more sunshine. Better news for Sunday we are looking at 70s and some 80s as we see more sun and high pressure takes over. April continues to be funky, just like the entire year of 2024 so far… just way to wet and chilly so far, we will hope for better weather soon. It must be coming, May is a week away. Jack Martin

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