Good morning Central Coast!
To kick off the morning the last of a few passing showers are moving south. Overnight the edge of a cold front clipped the Central Coast and brought scattered overnight showers.
Most locations picked up just a few hundredths of an inch of rain. Our highest totals though climbed towards a quarter of an inch.
Check out a full interactive map of up to date rain totals here.
Today's highs will once again sit in the upper 50s with a stay community or two reaching the 60s. That combined with high surf and winds will make the beaches not the most pleasant place to spend time today.
Now turning to those other alerts.
Winds continue to bring concern to the south coast through noon today as gusts up to 80 mph are possible at the highest elevations and up t 45 mph in the lower elevation, populated areas of Santa Barbara County through noon today.
Due to this a high wind warning and high wind advisory are in place through noon for all of Santa Barbara county as well as the interiors of Southern San Luis Obispo county.
Now to our coasts. Today high tides and waves combine to cause a bit more concern for all of our west and north west facing beaches.
Waves 12 to 15 ft with localized sets to 17ft are expected today once again. This has prompted the high surf advisory in place through 9 a.m. Friday.
It is not just the waves though that are causing concern. King tides are in place today and will combine this morning to cause concern for coastal flooding. There is a coastal flood advisory in place through noon today.
It is advised to take precautions to protect flood-prone property and to remain out of the water and off the rocks. However, unlike the recent major waves that caused a lot of damage throughout our towns, we don’t expect significant damage to roads or structures form either these advisories.
Here is a look at our king tides for today!
| Time | Height | |
| 8:55 a.m. | 6.75 | High |
| 4.:28 p.m. | -1.67 | Low |
| 11:17 p.m. | 3.90 | High |
| 3:29 a.m. | 2.52 | Low |
| 9:42 a.m. | 6.70 | High |
| 5:09 p.m. | -1.63 | Low |
| 11:56 p.m. | 4.07 | High |
Into the extended forecast the trend of sunny afternoons will continue! Temps will warm up into the weekend and will reach into the mid-upper 60s by the middle of next week.
Have a wonderful day Central Coast!
