Santa Maria, CA
Right Now
- Humidity: 94%
- Feels Like: 44°
- Heat Index: 45°
- Wind: 3 mph
- Wind Chill: 44°
- UV Index: 0 Low
- Sunrise: 06:48:29 AM
- Sunset: 04:50:38 PM
- Dew Point: 44°
- Visibility: 8 mi
Today
Mostly clear. Low around 40F. Winds NW at 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
Mostly clear. Low around 40F. Winds NW at 5 to 10 mph.
Tomorrow
A mainly sunny sky. High 62F. Winds NW at 5 to 10 mph.
Next 12 Hours
Wind: NW @ 3 mph
Precip: 2% Chance
Humidity: 94%
Wind Chill: 44°
Heat Index: 44°
UV Index: 0 Low
Visibility: 10 mi
Wind: NNW @ 4 mph
Precip: 2% Chance
Humidity: 94%
Wind Chill: 42°
Heat Index: 43°
UV Index: 0 Low
Visibility: 10 mi
Wind: NNW @ 4 mph
Precip: 2% Chance
Humidity: 93%
Wind Chill: 40°
Heat Index: 43°
UV Index: 0 Low
Visibility: 10 mi
Wind: NNW @ 5 mph
Precip: 2% Chance
Humidity: 97%
Wind Chill: 37°
Heat Index: 41°
UV Index: 0 Low
Visibility: 9 mi
Wind: NNW @ 6 mph
Precip: 2% Chance
Humidity: 95%
Wind Chill: 37°
Heat Index: 41°
UV Index: 0 Low
Visibility: 9 mi
Wind: NW @ 6 mph
Precip: 2% Chance
Humidity: 95%
Wind Chill: 37°
Heat Index: 41°
UV Index: 0 Low
Visibility: 8 mi
Wind: NW @ 6 mph
Precip: 3% Chance
Humidity: 96%
Wind Chill: 36°
Heat Index: 40°
UV Index: 0 Low
Visibility: 8 mi
Wind: NNW @ 6 mph
Precip: 6% Chance
Humidity: 92%
Wind Chill: 37°
Heat Index: 41°
UV Index: 0 Low
Visibility: 8 mi
Wind: NNW @ 5 mph
Precip: 4% Chance
Humidity: 85%
Wind Chill: 42°
Heat Index: 45°
UV Index: 0 Low
Visibility: 10 mi
Wind: NNW @ 5 mph
Precip: 1% Chance
Humidity: 69%
Wind Chill: 48°
Heat Index: 50°
UV Index: 1 Low
Visibility: 10 mi
Wind: N @ 7 mph
Precip: 0% Chance
Humidity: 60%
Wind Chill: 52°
Heat Index: 54°
UV Index: 2 Low
Visibility: 10 mi
Wind: N @ 6 mph
Precip: 0% Chance
Humidity: 51%
Wind Chill: 57°
Heat Index: 58°
UV Index: 3 Moderate
Visibility: 10 mi
John Lindsey
A cold front will move through the Central Coast later Monday morning with increasing mid to high-level clouds and a slight chance of light rain showers.
This week will resemble last week's weather as a ridge of high pressure remains firmly anchored over the Great Basin. This area of high pressure will create gusty Santa Lucia (northeasterly) winds during the night and morning, cool and crisp mornings, mild afternoons, and dry conditions through the Thanksgiving Day weekend.
John Lindsey
Last week a series of cold fronts produced gusty southerly winds and periods of rain. The Santa Maria Airport recorded nearly one inch of rain, while the Santa Ynez Airport saw about one-third of an inch last Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.
A series of cold fronts will produce an unsettled weather pattern with gusty southerly winds and periods of rain starting on Sunday and continuing through Tuesday.
The long-range models are advertising the chance of moderate to heavy rain developing on Nov. 8-9.
A weak cutoff low-pressure system, centered around 100 miles south of Santa Maria, will continue to produce convective clouds and a chance of rain showers and thunderstorms over Ventura County into Saturday.
A weak cutoff low-pressure system, centered around 100 miles south of Santa Maria, will continue to produce convective clouds and a chance of rain showers and thunderstorms over Ventura County into Saturday.
NOAA's GFS (Global Forecast System) model is advertising another early season storm developing off the California coast on Oct. 4 that could produce increasing southerly winds and rain.
This week we'll see considerable changes in the weather from subtropical rain, high relative humidity levels (muggy) along with a chance of thunderstorms on Saturday into Sunday, transitioning to a spring type of weather pattern with strong to gale-force (25 to 38 mph) afternoon northwesterl…
A strong upper-level high-pressure system will continue to produce hot temperatures in the i…
A 1,008-millibar, low-pressure system over Northern California will produce moderate to fres…
Last week's above-average temperatures, especially away from the coastline, will cool to sea…
Strong to gale-force (25 to 38 mph) northwesterly winds will develop along the coastline on …
A 570-decameter upper-level low-pressure system centered about 500 miles off the Northern Ca…
A strong and persistent 1,037 millibar Eastern Pacific High, centered about 1,600 miles to the northwest of the Central Coast, combined with a thermal low over the Central Valley will continue to produce a typical summer weather with night and morning marine low clouds and pockets of fog and…
An upper-level high over the Four Corners region will continue to produce warm temperatures in the inland areas and marine low clouds along the coastline. In other words, a repetitive weather pattern that is reminiscent of the plot of the movie "Groundhog Day" will persist, but a change in t…
A typical July weather pattern will continue through this upcoming week with night and morning marine low clouds with areas of fog and pockets of mist.
A classic Central Coast weather pattern with fog at the coast and clear and warm skies in th…
Highly experienced Central Coast mariners, kite surfers, seafaring kayakers and coastal farmers and ranchers have told me this is the windiest spring they have ever seen.
After days of relentless northwesterly winds, a change in the weather pattern will develop this week.
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