Santa Maria, CA
Right Now
- Humidity: 80%
- Feels Like: 60°
- Heat Index: 60°
- Wind: 6 mph
- Wind Chill: 60°
- UV Index: 0 Low
- Sunrise: 05:48:44 AM
- Sunset: 08:19:16 PM
- Dew Point: 54°
- Visibility: 10 mi
Today
A few clouds. Low 56F. Winds NW at 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
A few clouds. Low 56F. Winds NW at 5 to 10 mph.
Tomorrow
Partly cloudy skies. High 72F. Winds WNW at 10 to 20 mph.
John Lindsey
About every 2.7 years, we happen to get two full moons or two new moons in one calendar month. A blue moon is the second such moon of the month.
Last week saw clear skies and record-breaking temperatures. San Luis Obispo County Airport hit 109 degrees on Wednesday, smashing the previous daily record high of 101 degrees in 1981; the following day, the Paso Robles Airport hit 109 degrees, breaking the previous daily record high of 104 …
John Lindsey
Despite January's atmospheric river that produced vast amounts of precipitation throughout Central California, last week's U.S. Drought Monitor increased the severity of the drought of the Central Coast from a "Severe Drought (D2)" classification to an "Extreme Drought (D3)" level.
As a young child, I had a recurring nightmare of being sucked into a whirlpool at sea. No ma…
According to the National Weather Service, a wind gust is a "Rapid fluctuation in the wind speed with a variation of 10 knots or more between peaks and lulls. The speed of the gust will be the maximum instantaneous wind speed."
An upper-level low-pressure system will produce primarily cloudy skies with well-below-average seasonal temperatures, pockets of drizzle, and maybe, just maybe, a few light rain showers Sunday and Monday.
An upper-level low-pressure system will produce primarily cloudy skies with well-below-average seasonal temperatures, pockets of drizzle, and maybe, just maybe, a few light rain showers Sunday and Monday.
This old fisherman hypothesis often verifies.
Even though many Central Coast locations recorded measurable precipitation last Sunday, Diablo Canyon did not, making last month the first April without any rainfall since 1976 when weather data was first collected. Santa Ynez reached 91 degrees on Thursday, the warmest temperature of the year.
I spoke with Rick London, CEO of United Way of San Luis Obispo County, last week about Earth…
In March of this year, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), a United Nations agency,…
From earliest times, people have tried to understand the weather. Weather watchers from Aris…
Rainbows don't really exist; in other words, they are not a thing or physical manifestations…
A newer and better version of NOAA's Global Forecasting Model (GFS), also known as the "Amer…
Beth Marshall, a former NWS forecaster, took this photo from the Lost Hills area looking southwest of a massive cumulonimbus incus or "anvil" cloud last Friday, March 12. It was apparently rotating and turning into a supercell which can produce severe storm phenomena such as lightning and th…
Overall, Santa Barbara County is at 54 percent of normal to date.
Last week, a pair of TikTok videos went viral on social media, reaching millions of viewers.…
Over the years, the number of ways to communicate have skyrocketed such as smartphones and the number of social media channels combined with traditional mass media like newspapers, broadcast radio, and TV. Despite this, there is still a place for older methods of messaging.
Over the years, the number of ways to communicate have skyrocketed such as smartphones and the number of social media channels combined with traditional mass media like newspapers, broadcast radio, and TV. Despite this, there is still a place for older methods of messaging.
I have often been asked the average yearly amount of rainfall for a particular location and …
The Pineapple Express is a subset of an atmospheric river event that originates in the tropi…
Sixteen named storms, including eight hurricanes, are forecast for the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, according to early predictions released…
The swollen Pearl River appeared to crest in Mississippi’s capital, Jackson, but more rain was forecast. It's a “precarious situation,” Missis…
A pyrocumulus cloud forms from rising air that results from intense heating of the surface by phenomena such as wildfires or volcanic eruptions.
As winter weather impacts the country, it feels like temperatures cannot dip much further. But, what is the coldest day on record in your state?
A bridge has more surface area to exchange energy with the atmosphere and thus will cool down to the air temperature quicker than a roadway.
A gale, common in November, is a sustained wind between 39 and 54 mph usually caused by large differences in the air pressure between a low pr…
Bitterly cold temperatures persisted across the northern U.S. while days of torrential rain in the Southeast left rising rivers, falling trees…
A winter storm in the central United States dropped snow as far south as Texas on Wednesday while areas of the Deep South were at risk of seve…
Ice fog is a type of fog consisting of fine ice crystals suspended in the air.
Snow is a form of solid water. A snow accumulation begins as the equivalent amount of water in the invisible vapor phase before it is turned i…
When ice is clear, it’s because no air bubbles have been trapped in it. Lots of trapped air makes an object look white.
Two important factors influence the shape of a snowflake. One is the ambient temperature, and the other is humidity.
Buy guide: Here's a selection of good weather books for children ages 10 and up.
Icicles typically form on days when the outdoor air temperature is below freezing but sunshine warms and melts snow or ice.
A sudden warming of the lower stratosphere can encourage a winter-like cold air outbreak.
A vigorous cold air outbreak is usually a midwinter, not late fall, phenomenon.
It snows in Antarctica — where temperatures are minus 70 degrees — though only a few tenths of an inch.
Frost on objects is just water vapor in the air that has deposited itself as ice on a surface. Frost forms on objects close to the ground, suc…
Horses graze as the sun sets at the Alisal Guest Ranch in Solvang on Monday evening. Temperatures in the Santa Ynez Valley approached 100 degr…
Sensitive instruments on some weather satellites can detect that a region is on fire.
The hydrologic cycle describes the circulation of water from the ocean and other watery surfaces to the atmosphere and to the land.
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