Santa Maria, CA
Right Now
- Humidity: 60%
- Feels Like: 58°
- Heat Index: 60°
- Wind: 10 mph
- Wind Chill: 58°
- UV Index: 8 Very High
- Sunrise: 06:28:25 AM
- Sunset: 07:35:09 PM
- Dew Point: 46°
- Visibility: 8 mi
Today
Sunny skies. Becoming windy late. High 61F. Winds WNW at 20 to 30 mph. Higher wind gusts possible.
Tonight
Partly cloudy skies. Low 44F. WNW winds at 10 to 20 mph, decreasing to less than 5 mph.
Tomorrow
Sunny skies. High 64F. Winds WNW at 15 to 25 mph. Higher wind gusts possible.
Next 12 Hours
Wind: WNW @ 12mph
Precip: 0% Chance
Humidity: 58%
Wind Chill: 59°
Heat Index: 61°
UV Index: 8 Very High
Visibility: 10 mi
Wind: WNW @ 14mph
Precip: 0% Chance
Humidity: 57%
Wind Chill: 60°
Heat Index: 62°
UV Index: 8 Very High
Visibility: 10 mi
Wind: WNW @ 18mph
Precip: 0% Chance
Humidity: 56%
Wind Chill: 59°
Heat Index: 62°
UV Index: 8 Very High
Visibility: 10 mi
Wind: WNW @ 19mph
Precip: 0% Chance
Humidity: 57%
Wind Chill: 57°
Heat Index: 60°
UV Index: 6 High
Visibility: 10 mi
Wind: WNW @ 19mph
Precip: 1% Chance
Humidity: 60%
Wind Chill: 56°
Heat Index: 59°
UV Index: 4 Moderate
Visibility: 10 mi
Wind: WNW @ 18mph
Precip: 1% Chance
Humidity: 62%
Wind Chill: 54°
Heat Index: 58°
UV Index: 2 Low
Visibility: 10 mi
Wind: WNW @ 17mph
Precip: 1% Chance
Humidity: 68%
Wind Chill: 52°
Heat Index: 56°
UV Index: 1 Low
Visibility: 10 mi
Wind: WNW @ 16mph
Precip: 4% Chance
Humidity: 77%
Wind Chill: 48°
Heat Index: 52°
UV Index: 0 Low
Visibility: 10 mi
Wind: WNW @ 11mph
Precip: 7% Chance
Humidity: 83%
Wind Chill: 46°
Heat Index: 50°
UV Index: 0 Low
Visibility: 7 mi
Wind: WNW @ 8mph
Precip: 8% Chance
Humidity: 87%
Wind Chill: 46°
Heat Index: 49°
UV Index: 0 Low
Visibility: 6 mi
Wind: WNW @ 6mph
Precip: 8% Chance
Humidity: 87%
Wind Chill: 46°
Heat Index: 49°
UV Index: 0 Low
Visibility: 5 mi
Wind: WNW @ 5mph
Precip: 8% Chance
Humidity: 89%
Wind Chill: 46°
Heat Index: 48°
UV Index: 0 Low
Visibility: 4 mi
John Lindsey
From earliest times, people have tried to understand the weather. Weather watchers from Aristotle to French philosopher René Descartes described weather phenomena through the formation and lifespan of clouds, which turns out to be a reliable method of understanding weather, and here is why.
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John Lindsey
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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.
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Bitterly cold temperatures persisted across the northern U.S. while days of torrential rain in the Southeast left rising rivers, falling trees…
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Ice fog is a type of fog consisting of fine ice crystals suspended in the air.
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When ice is clear, it’s because no air bubbles have been trapped in it. Lots of trapped air makes an object look white.
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Icicles typically form on days when the outdoor air temperature is below freezing but sunshine warms and melts snow or ice.
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A vigorous cold air outbreak is usually a midwinter, not late fall, phenomenon.
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