Good morning, Central Coast and happy Wednesday!
To kick off the morning there is more dense marine fog and cloud cover that, like we typically see, is limiting visibility for the morning commute but aren't causing too many concerns.
Temps today are pretty close to perfect! Highs in the interior valleys will climb to the mid 80s while coasts will stay on the cool (although still very comfortable) side. Some cloud cover will build in this evening ahead of tomorrows rain chances.
Now to the headline... rain chances.
It's not unheard of for California to see tropical leftovers or a monsoonal push of moisture during the summertime. This time around it is the remnants of Tropical Storm Eugene that is kicking off rain chances across the South West.
The best chances and highest accumulations will be far outside of the Central Coast but there will be some bands of moisture on the periphery of the main system. That is where our rain chances come in.
Before we dive in too far I want to be very clear about the uncertainty within this storm. The models are really struggling with the details of this storm. In my mind that simply puts more emphasis on the complexity of this forecast. Three things need to be clear, not everyone will get rain, and the storms will be hyper local, and they will form quickly.
The chances will fist start with more cloud cover moving in from the south and bringing more humidity Wednesday afternoon. There is a tiny (although non-zero) chance of a few high elevation showers popping up this afternoon but they will be much less widespread and impact than Thursday's chance.
Thursday morning the impulse of energy responsible for our rain chances will push into the interiors of Santa Barbara County and continue to spread out as the day goes on.
The interior valleys and highest elevations have the best chance for accumulating rainfall. As the day progresses the rain chances will spread out and drift into more populated areas.
By late evening the chances will dissipate and drift offshore.
All said and done some highest peaks may see upwards of a quarter inch of rain, I thin that will be extremely isolated though. Most locations will see in the hundredths of an inch.
There is a big difference between having a rain chance and everybody seeing rain. Rain looks to come in the form of showers and possibly some isolated thunderstorms, but severe weather is not anticipated.
In fact, perhaps the best way to look at the rainfall potential is as a small part of the forecast with the essence really being the continued cool weather in the interior, mild weather for the coastal valleys, and cool weather at the beaches with ample marine influence continuing to dominate the weather.
Temperatures for the next few days look to be in the upper 60s and lower 70s in the coastal valleys with the interior being in the lower to mid 80s and beaches in the 50s and 60s.
Have a great day Central Coast!
