Santa Barbara, California 7 Day Weather Forecast

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FXUS66 KLOX 212316
AFDLOX

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard CA
316 PM PST Thu Nov 21 2024

.SYNOPSIS...21/146 PM.

Increasing clouds but dry weather expected through Friday
afternoon. Rain chances will develop along the Central Coast
Friday evening then spread across Los Angeles and Ventura
Counties Saturday. Another round of rain is expected later Sunday
into Monday.

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.SHORT TERM (TDY-SUN)...21/218 PM.

A large and powerful cyclone continues to spin off the Pacific
Northwest coast. It has been drifting west along 50N with smaller
upper lows as far south as 40N pinwheeling around each other.
This overall pattern is expected to remain through at least early
next week. In the meantime southwest California will be on the
very southern edge of a couple of rain bands that will move
through the area starting later Friday. Most of the ensemble
solutions continue to strongly favor low impacts locally.

The first impulse Friday night into Saturday (LA County mainly
late morning to mid afternoon Saturday), will be the weaker of the
two. This will be a 2-5 hour period of light rain in most areas
with rain rates under a tenth of an inch per hour and totals
under a quarter inch (except upslope areas of NW SLO County and
southwest SB County where amounts up to a half inch are possible.

Sunday will be dry for most of the day except along the Central
Coast when the next band of rain from this cyclone arrives in the
late morning into the afternoon.

.LONG TERM (MON-THU)...21/228 PM.

After around a 24-36 hour period of little to no rain, a second
and slightly stronger system will come through the area Sunday
into Monday and possibly lingering into Tuesday, though the lions
share of the rain falling later Sunday into Monday. Ensembles
have trended weaker with this one, though still at least a little
stronger than the first batch due to a stronger southerly flow
component that will provide a slight boost to the rain amounts and
rates as well as a longer duration of rain. As a result, upslope
areas such as NW SLO County and southern Santa Barbara County
could receive 1-2 inches of rain with peak rates around a third of
an inch per hour. Still well below any thresholds for flooding or
debris flows. Outside of the upslope areas, rain amounts of a
half to one inch expected.

While most of the system will be over by Monday evening, the
area will remain in a moist westerly flow through Tuesday with
off and on light rain possible through the day. Overall, a fairly
gloomy damp day.

Ensembles now show much lower rain chances for the latter half of
next week with slowly warming temperatures, though still slightly
below normal through the period.

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.AVIATION...21/1822Z.

At 1800Z at KLAX, the marine layer was 400 ft deep. The top of
the inversion was at 3000 ft with a temperature of 17C.

Moderate to high confidence in TAFs. For tonight into Friday
morning at KPRB, KSMX, and KSBP, MVFR/IFR cigs are expected --
with a 40% chance for onset times of restrictions to vary by
+/- 3 hours from current forecasts, a 40% chance for minimum cigs
to be off by a category, and a 40% chance for cig restrictions to
continue through the day on Friday. There is a 20% chance for
cigs to become MVFR/IFR at KOXR and KCMA tonight. Otherwise, high
confidence in VFR conditions, and light winds expected.

KLAX...High confidence in TAF. No significant easterly wind
component.

KBUR...High confidence in TAF.

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.MARINE...21/314 PM.

Lingering areas of 10-11-ft seas warrant Small Craft Advisories
(SCAs) across the northern and central Outer Waters
(PZZ670/PZZ673) through early this evening. May consider short-
lived SCA into tonight for the outer waters south of Point Mugu,
as waves are reaching 10-11 feet over western portions. There will
be a 20% chance for SCA winds over PZZ670 and northern PZZ673
Friday afternoon and evening. Otherwise, SCA conditions are
unlikely across the coastal waters through next week. Areas of
light rain will occur at times this weekend through next week.

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.LOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CA...NONE.
PZ...Small Craft Advisory in effect until 9 PM PST this evening
      for zones 670-673. (See LAXMWWLOX).

&&

$$

PUBLIC...MW
AVIATION...Cohen
MARINE...Cohen
SYNOPSIS...MW

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