Good morning, Central Coast! Here is a look at your forecast!
As you head out the door this morning conditions are looking good, at least for the most part. Dense fog has moved into the Santa Ynez Valley where visibility is below 1/4 mile. Take caution on the roadways.
Heading into the day the pattern has shifted quite significantly as the strong winds that have headlined our forecast this week have calmed. This has taken much of the concern out of the forecast. Wind and fire weather alerts have been canceled.
Waves are still a concern with widespread 9-12ft crests. The advisory for high surf ends tonight at 9 p.m.
Today without the winds we will see more of the same as comfy conditions stick around. 80s in the interiors 70s in the coastal valleys and beaches.
Friday temperatures dip a little with marine clouds returning. Interior temps likely still hit the 80s with 70s for coastal valleys and 60s returning for beaches.
The bigger changes come Saturday when a trough of low-pressure swings into the Central Coast. The source region for the trough is out of the North Pacific. So, it'll be a cool weekend as that cooler air mass sinks into the region.
On top of that, there appears to be plenty of jet stream energy rotating through the trough to support some instability for scattered showers. It doesn't look particularly wet. I think we'll see most places seeing less than .20” of rain.
The showers look to be on and off so Saturday is far from a wreck but it certainly will not be sunny and warm as the last few days have been.
The trough lifts out early next week and temps will again warm a little. Beyond the 7-day, the 8-14 day outlook from the Climate Prediction Center likes cooler than average temperatures with nothing exciting in the precipitation outlook after the Saturday showers.
Have a wonderful day Central Coast!
