Posted by Dave Hovde

The clouds which streamed in Thursday will have an impact Friday, even though the clouds will shift south and east the cool air behind the disturbance will hang around for highs in the 60s and 70s with a strong NW wind (to 25mph). Some areas of drizzle are possible with coastal clouds early (More)
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Posted 12:47 PM 5/10/2013 by Dave Hovde

Saturday: NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Wind waves 1 to 3 ft. Mixed swell W 3 ft at 7 seconds and SW 2 ft at 15 seconds.

Saturday Night: NW winds 10 to 20 kt...becoming 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Wind waves 1 to 3 ft. Mixed swell W 3 ft at 7 seconds and S 2 ft at 14 seconds.

Sunday: N winds (More)

Posted 5:59 PM 5/9/2013 by Dave Hovde

Arroyo Grande 52-72
Atascadero 44-80
CA Valley 43-77
Cambria 50-63
Corbett Canyon 52-73
Cuyama 52-73
Goleta 52-70
Lompoc 52-66
Morro Bay 55-58
Orcutt 53-67
Paso Robles 46-82
Pismo Beach 54-62
Pozo 44-81
San Luis Obispo 54-69
San Miguel 49-82
Santa Barbara 52-70
Santa Maria 53-66
Santa Ynez 48-72
Shandon 44-74
Shell Beach 54-62
Solvang 50-74
Templeton 45-79

Posted 2:52 PM 5/9/2013 by Dave Hovde

Friday, May 10: 34 AQI Good Ozone
Saturday, May 11: 34 AQI Good Ozone
Sunday, May 12: 36 AQI Good Ozone
Monday, May 13: 36 AQI Good Ozone
Tuesday, May 14: 33 AQI Good Ozone

The Air Quality Forecast is provided by the San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control District.

For more information, visit http://www.slocleanair.org

Posted 11:14 AM 5/9/2013 by Dave Hovde and Greg Murphy

Despite a tenth to two-tenths of rain earlier this week the new drought assessment from the U.S. Drought monitor released today is bleak for the Central Coast.

There was a worsening in the classification of the local drought. Almost all of both counties went from D1/moderate drought to (More)

Posted 10:47 AM 5/9/2013 by Dave Hovde

Friday: NW winds 10 to 20 kt with local gusts to 25 kt. Wind waves 2 to 4 ft. NW swell 3 ft at 8 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning.

Friday Night: NW winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts to 30 kt...becoming 10 to 20 kt with local gusts to 25 kt after midnight. Combined seas 4 to 6 ft dominant (More)

Posted 6:35 AM 5/9/2013 by Richard Gearhart

Today: Mostly sunny, with highs ranging from the 60s through the low 80s. West northwest wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Tonight: Patchy fog after 11pm. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows in the 50s. West northwest wind 5 to (More)

Posted 5:02 PM 5/8/2013 by Dave Hovde

Arroyo Grande 51-69Atascadero 46-74CA Valley 46-68Cambria 51-62Corbett Canyon 46-71Cuyama 50-67Goleta 51-69Lompoc 50-66Los Osos 56-59Morro Bay 54-58Paso Robles 49-76Pismo Beach 51-66San Luis Obispo 51-70San Miguel (More)

Posted 3:11 PM 5/8/2013 by Dave Hovde

Thursday, May 9: 33 AQI Good Ozone
Friday, May 10: 34 AQI Good Ozone
Saturday, May 11: 34 AQI Good Ozone
Sunday, May 12: 36 AQI Good Ozone
Monday, May 13: 36 AQI Good Ozone

The Air Quality Forecast is provided by the San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control District.

For more information, visit http://www.slocleanair.org

Posted 11:03 AM 5/8/2013 by Dave Hovde

Low pressure is in the slow process of slipping off to our east, interestingly it may not quite be done providing some rain to the upper elevations through tomorrow but that doesn't cover much of the Central Coast at all so I will concentrate on the broad brush strokes.

High pressure is (More)

Posted 10:39 AM 5/8/2013 by Dave Hovde

Thursday: NW winds 5 to 15 kt...becoming 15 to 20 kt with local gusts to 25 kt in the afternoon. Wind waves 1 to 3 ft. NW swell 2 ft at 7 seconds.

Thursday Night: NW winds 10 to 20 kt with local gusts to 25 kt. Wind waves 2 to 4 ft. NW swell 2 ft at 7 seconds. Patchy fog after (More)