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Archive for March, 2010

Additional Weather Reports from National Weather Service

posted by Dave Hovde
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY
NEW CUYAMA          57 /  40 /  0.00
LOMPOC              65 /  49 /  0.03
SBA ARPT/GOLETA     67 /  52 /     T
SBA CITY             M /  54 /     M
SANTA MARIA         60 /  47 /  0.01
SANTA YNEZ          61 /  47 /  0.01
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY
PASO ROBLES         60 /  43 /  0.01
HEARST CASTLE       54 /  39 /  [...]

KSBY Weather Watcher Report from March 31st, 2010

by Dave Hovde, KSBY Chief Meteorologist
Arroyo Grande  48-63  .04″
Atascadero  44-58  .06″
Cambria  45-59  .05″
Cayucos  46-60  .04″
Corbett Canyon  52-65  .07″
Creston 43-60  .04″
Cuyama  40-50
Goleta  52-67
Grover Beach  49-62  .05″
Guadalupe  46-63  .03″
Lompoc  46-63  .03″
Los Osos  49-62  .02″
Morro Bay  50-54  .03″
Nipomo  46-62  .03″
Oceano  49-58  .08″
Orcutt  48-59  .02″
Paso Robles  45-61  .01″
Pismo Beach  51-60  .01″
San Luis Obispo  48-59  .06″
San Miguel  44-62
San Simeon  49-54  [...]

Sunny afternoon just a lull in the forecast

by Dave Hovde, KSBY Meteorologist

A few morning showers pulled out leaving the Central Coast plenty of sunshine Wednesday afternoon, but don’t think the forecast is dead wrong.  The forecast was for the focus of weather activity to happen Wednesday night through Thursday morning.
If you look at the satellite picture attached to [...]

Tough Forecast for Boaters and Fisherman

posted by Dave Hovde, KSBY Meteorologist
A small craft advisory remains in effect until 3 am pdt Friday.
Northwest winds 15 to 20 kt today will become southwest and south 20 to 25 kt with gusts to 30 kt tonight. Winds will then become north 15 to 20 kt with occasional gusts to 25 kt late tonight [...]

Storm Could Bring Local Snowfall

posted by Dave Hovde, KSBY Meteorologist (from NWS report)
Winter weather advisory in effect until noon Thursday
A winter weather advisory for moderate snow accumulations has been issued.
* Timing: light to moderate snow showers will continue into
thurday morning before tapering off with the higher snowfall
intensities occurring late this afternoon and tonight.
* Snow accumulations: total snow accumulations between [...]

Exact storm path critical to results

posted by Dave Hovde, KSBY Meteorologist  (from a NWS report)
A very cold upper level low off the coast of the Pacific northwest  early this morning will move rapidly south southeastward today and tonight. It will reach a position just to the west of Point Conception around midnight  then track to the west of Catalina Island [...]

High Surf and Swell Continue

by Dave Hovde, KSBY Meteorologist
West to northwest swell was running between 15 and 20 feet across the outer and northern coastal waters this morning. This large swell will persist through at least Thursday evening before slowly subsiding. The large swell is expected to produce high surf of 10 to 15 feet on west and northwest [...]

New computer models add minor twist to rain forecast

by Dave Hovde, KSBY Meteorologist
The latest computer models still like a cold and windy system Wednesday with rainfall less than .50″ through Thursday morning, but the latest models also take the center of the low on an outside trajectory further west than prior plots.  This could limit rainfall quite a bit if [...]

More rain, cooler temps and more wind on the way

Weather Watcher Report for March 30th, 2010

by Dave Hovde, KSBY Meteorologist
Arroyo Grande  55-66  .07″
Atascadero  52-60  .05″
Cambria  53-62  .08″
Cayucos  53-60  .05″
Creston  52-61
Cuyama  46-60
Goleta  54-71
Grover Beach  44-66  .10″
Guadalupe  53-66  .06″
Lompoc  53-66  .06″
Los Osos  54-65  .10″
Morro Bay  54-59  .10″
Nipomo  54-64  .12″
Oceano  55-68  .04″
Orcutt  53-63  .07″
Paso Robles  52-63  .01″
Pismo Beach  55-64  .04″
San Luis Obispo  53-63  .08″
San Miguel  47-65  Tr.
Santa Barbara  53-72
Santa Margarita  47-67  .06″
Santa Maria  [...]