Good Morning Central Coast!
Today and this weekend are going to be very active weather-wise, so let's jump right in!
Weather headlines:
- Mild weather Friday morning, nothing to complain about.
- System passing to the north kicks off gusty winds, strong waves and heat.
- Calmer conditions next week
Detailed forecast:
To start off the morning most of the Central Coast is under cloud cover, this isn't a huge concern but there are still a few spots where fog is possible.
All of the onshore winds that have marked the past few days have kept the interiors on the cool side, especially for Paso Robles where the typical daytime high for this time of the year is around 88 degrees. Thursday they only hit 74 at the heat of the day.
Today will start off on a similar note but we will warm up fast. This is due to a big shift in our winds due to an upper-level low just to our East. This will bring offshore winds and much warmer temps. This upper-level low will move east by Friday afternoon and will cause our area to have warmer temps and zonal flow.
Skies will clear quickly and highs will surge in the interiors towards 100. Coasts will be in the mid 80s while beaches will be in the upper 60s into low 70s.
Thanks to this progressive pattern there are several alerts in place.
First, there is currently a Wind Advisory in effect from 3 p.m. Friday night through 6 p.m. Saturday for the interiors and south coast of Santa Barbara County. NW Winds sustained 15 to 25 mph plus gusts to 50 mph.
Saturday night that will upgrade to a High Wind Warning for the same area and will stay in effect through 11 a.m. on Monday morning. NW winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts to 65 mph are expected.
With winds there are often waves as well, over the weekend waves will increase in height with local sets upwards of 10 ft expected.
All of those strong winds will help to warm up the south coast with sundowner winds and compression heating. Because of that there is significantly warmer temps expected along the south coast. A heat advisory is in place for those communities through 8 pm Sunday night.
Into next week we will see a slight cool down ahead of another warm up across the region.
Have a great day, Central Coast!
