Updated Post (March 27, 2024, 10:46 a.m.): Hey, Central Coast! It has been a foggy start of the day for various communities this morning. As mentioned earlier, we are going to see a shift in the weather pattern. We are expecting light precipitation early Thursday morning, a cooling trend for the remainder of the workweek, and a stronger system is expected to arrive by Friday evening, which may last through the weekend.
Here are some updated weather headlines for the Central Coast:
Expect cooling temperatures ahead of a storm that will affect California this weekend. A weaker rain band will pass over the San Luis Obispo County tonight through Friday. The main storm will affect California with rain and mountain snow, gusty winds, and isolated thunderstorms between Friday and Monday.
Here is the updated extended forecast:
This morning the latest satellite radar model shows ridging in place over the southwestern United States. The ridge axis is moving over the state currently, and high clouds will increase throughout the day ahead of a weak weather system brushing the area to the north.
The latest models have shown that light rain will arrive in some areas of the Central Coast early Thursday morning and will trickle down toward Santa Barbara County. We can expect a quarter inch or less in this first wave of this band, with most locations only receiving a few hundredths in northwest San Luis Obispo County.
A cooling trend will develop for late week across the region as clouds will increase north of Point Conception and a deep marine layer will be established south of Point Conception. The forecast has increased cloudiness across the region over the next couple of days due to increasing high clouds today and more clouds with the weak weather system to the north into Thursday and Friday.
The next significant storm system will push into the region on Friday.
Gusty southerly winds will develop across the area on Friday afternoon for San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties.
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Original Post (March 27, 2024, 4:51 a.m.): Hello, Central Coast! Happy Wednesday. I hope you are having a great day so far! We’ve seen some dry conditions for the early half of this workweek, but there will be a slight shift in the weather pattern as we get closer to the weekend.
Here’s a look at the latest weather headlines on the Central Coast:
Skies are expected to be partly cloudy through Wednesday with a slight warming trend. A weak system will bring light rain to the Central Coast on Thursday. A more significant storm is moving into the region by Friday and will last through the weekend, possibly bringing heavy precipitation and gusty winds.
Here’s a look at your extended forecast:
Weak high pressure over the region will last through Wednesday and will maintain fair weather with just some breezy conditions across the mountains and southern Santa Barbara County. Some areas in Santa Barbara County will see morning stratus clouds across the coast and valleys. By the afternoon, the Central Coast could see some
clouds in the forecast.
On Wednesday, we expect further warming with light winds throughout most of the area. Temps today will range throughout the 60s and near the 70s.
The high pressure will break down Wednesday night, allowing a weak cold front to pass through the Central Coast early Thursday.
Models have indicated that some very light rain could occur in Santa Maria and other surrounding cities with mainly a quarter inch or less of precipitation. Other areas will see increasing mid and high-level clouds with more widespread stratus in the coast and valleys with cooler temperatures.
A much stronger system will arrive by Friday afternoon along the Central Coast and evening farther south. Rain is expected to continue through the weekend.
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