Posted by Dave Hovde

Gusty northwest winds will continue today across the central coast and while it will not be as windy over the holiday weekend it'll still be breezy in the afternoons. An area of low pressure will linger over the western United States through early next week with areas of night through morning low (More)
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Posted 11:51 AM 5/23/2013 by Dave Hovde

The San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control District and County Public Health Department are advising the public of deteriorating air quality in the Oceano Dunes/Nipomo Mesa area due to blowing dust and sand. The Santa Barbara County Public Health Department and the Santa Barbara County Air (More)

Posted 11:45 AM 5/23/2013 by Dave Hovde

Friday: NW winds 10 to 20 kt early increasing to 15 to 25 kt with gusts to 30 kt by the afternoon. Combined seas 7 to 10 ft dominant period 8 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning.

Friday Night: NW winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts to 30 kt. Combined seas 8 to 10 ft dominant period 8 (More)

Posted 11:40 AM 5/23/2013 by Dave Hovde

A wind advisory is in place for the coastal areas of SLO and SB county until 9pm tonight.

Gusty west to northwest winds are expected this afternoon and evening for the Central Coast and the antelope valley. There will still be gusty conditions through the mountains and below passes and (More)

Posted 11:34 AM 5/23/2013 by Dave Hovde

A gale warning remains in effect until 3 am Friday for northwest winds 15 to 25 knots with gusts between 30 to 35 knots through early Friday morning.

That will make steep short-period seas that will will range from 7 to 12 feet.

A gale warning means winds of 34 to 47 knots are (More)

Posted 10:35 AM 5/23/2013 by Associated Press

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) - Federal forecasters are predicting yet another busy hurricane season. Thursday's outlook calls for 13 to 20 named storms, 7 to 11 that strengthen into hurricanes and 3 to 6 that become major hurricanes. The prediction by the National Oceanic and (More)

Posted 6:23 AM 5/23/2013 by Richard Gearhart

Today: Sunny, with highs ranging from the 60s at the coast to the upper 70s inland. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 10 to 15 mph increasing to 20 to 25 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Tonight: Mostly clear, with lows in the 40s. Breezy, with a north northwest (More)

Posted 5:00 PM 5/22/2013 by Dave Hovde

Arroyo Grande 43-79Atascadero 45-76CA Valley 39-69Cambria 39-62Corbett Canyon 39-75Cuyama 49-68Goleta 51-71Hearst Castle 66-76Lompoc 43-66Los Osos 48-59Morro Bay 46-58Paso Robles 44-76Pismo Beach 44-69San Luis Obispo (More)

Posted 1:36 PM 5/22/2013 by Dave Hovde and APCD

The San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control District and County Public Health Department are advising the public of deteriorating air quality in the Oceano Dunes/Nipomo Mesa area due to blowing dust and sand.

Due to forecasted high winds, blowing sand and dust is forecasted to occur (More)

Posted 12:02 PM 5/22/2013 by Dave Hovde

There is an upper level trough will deepening across California today bringing stronger onshore flow to the region.

Strong winds will road along primarily coastal areas and in the mountains and Southcoast in Santa Barbara county. Marine warnings and high surf advisories have also been (More)

Posted 11:43 AM 5/22/2013 by Dave Hovde

There are gale force northwesterly winds will continue across portions of the coastal waters through Thursday.

The building wind-generated waves will propagate toward the coast and produce large breakers at many of the west and northwest facing beaches.

As a result there is a (More)