Santa Barbara County Southwestern Coast, CA

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33°C
Feels like 40°
Partly Cloudy
▲ 34°  /  ▼ 23°
Wind
2 mph SE
Humidity
65%
Dew Point
24°
Pressure
29.94 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
5.0
Cloud Cover
49%
Sunrise
6:48 AM
Sunset
7:11 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Santa Barbara County Southwestern Coast is currently partly cloudy at 33°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 67% around 8 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 2583 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:48AM · Sunset: 7:11PM.

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34 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
33°
58%
6 PM
31°
48%
7 PM
29°
51%
8 PM
28°
66%
9 PM
28°
45%
10 PM
27°
35%
11 PM
27°
37%
12 AM
27°
25%
1 AM
26°
8%
2 AM
26°
8%
3 AM
26°
8%
4 AM
25°
9%
5 AM
23°
9%
6 AM
23°
9%
7 AM
23°
12%
8 AM
26°
9%
9 AM
28°
9%
10 AM
29°
9%
11 AM
30°
10%
12 PM
33°
10%
1 PM
34°
10%
2 PM
34°
10%
3 PM
34°
10%
4 PM
34°
10%
7-Day Forecast
Today
34° 23°
Partly Cloudy with a 66% chance of rain.
Tue
37° 23°
Mostly Clear.
Wed
36° 23°
Mostly Clear with a 47% chance of rain.
Thu
36° 21°
Mostly Clear with a 38% chance of rain.
Fri
35° 21°
Clear.
Sat
34° 21°
Rain, 81% chance.
Sun
34° 21°
Drizzle, 60% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 33° Partly Cloudy 58% 2 mph SE 65%
6 PM 31° Overcast 48% 3 mph SSE 75%
7 PM 29° Overcast 51% 5 mph SSW 80%
8 PM 28° Heavy Rain 66% 4 mph S 82%
9 PM 28° Overcast 45% 3 mph SSE 83%
10 PM 27° Overcast 35% 3 mph SSE 85%
11 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 37% 3 mph S 86%
12 AM 27° Partly Cloudy 25% 2 mph S 87%
1 AM 26° Partly Cloudy 8% 3 mph SSW 88%
2 AM 26° Mostly Clear 8% 2 mph WSW 90%
3 AM 26° Mostly Clear 8% 2 mph WSW 91%
4 AM 25° Clear 9% 2 mph WNW 92%
5 AM 23° Mostly Clear 9% 2 mph NNW 93%
6 AM 23° Mostly Clear 9% 2 mph NNE 93%
7 AM 23° Mostly Clear 12% 2 mph NNE 92%
8 AM 26° Mostly Clear 9% 2 mph N 86%
9 AM 28° Clear 9% 3 mph NNW 78%
10 AM 29° Clear 9% 3 mph NNW 70%
11 AM 30° Clear 10% 2 mph NNW 65%
12 PM 33° Clear 10% 2 mph NNW 61%
1 PM 34° Mostly Clear 10% 2 mph NNW 58%
2 PM 34° Mostly Clear 10% 1 mph NNW 57%
3 PM 34° Partly Cloudy 10% 2 mph ESE 57%
4 PM 34° Partly Cloudy 10% 2 mph SE 57%
15-Day Forecast
Today
9/14
Partly Cloudy
66%
23°
34°
Tue
9/15
Mostly Clear
10%
23°
37°
Wed
9/16
Mostly Clear
47%
23°
36°
Thu
9/17
Mostly Clear
38%
21°
36°
Fri
9/18
Clear
19%
21°
35°
Sat
9/19
Rain
81%
21°
34°
Sun
9/20
Drizzle
60%
21°
34°
Mon
9/21
Rain
81%
21°
35°
Tue
9/22
Drizzle
60%
22°
35°
Wed
9/23
Drizzle
60%
22°
35°
Thu
9/24
Drizzle
60%
22°
34°
Fri
9/25
Drizzle
60%
21°
33°
Sat
9/26
Drizzle
60%
21°
33°
Sun
9/27
Drizzle
60%
20°
32°
Mon
9/28
Drizzle
60%
20°
33°
34
Good
U.S. Air Quality Index · Dominant: PM2.5
50 100 150 200

Air quality is satisfactory and poses little or no health risk.

Pollutant Breakdown · Today
PM2.5
Fine particulate matter
Dominant
34 AQI 6.1 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
31 AQI 34 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Tue 34 Good 31 34
Wed 46 Good 36 46
Thu 44 Good 36 44
About the Air Quality Index
0–50 Good
51–100 Moderate
101–150 Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
151–200 Unhealthy
201–300 Very Unhealthy
301–500 Hazardous

The U.S. AQI runs 0–500. The overall value equals the highest individual pollutant sub-index, and the dominant pollutant is the one driving it. PM2.5 (fine particles) is reported in µg/m³ and ozone (O3) in ppb. Forecast source: NWS NAQFC.

1000850700500400300250200150100 -40-30-20-10010203040 0.41247101624 LCLLFCEL0°C Temperature (°C) Pressure (hPa)
Temp Dewpoint Parcel (SB) CAPE CIN Dry adiabat Moist adiabat Mixing ratio
RAP
Valid Mon Sep 14, 21:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE3354 J/kg
MLCAPE2873 J/kg
MUCAPE3354 J/kg
SBCIN-14 J/kg
MLCIN-15 J/kg
Lifted Index-6.3
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear5 kt
0–1 km Shear2 kt
Eff. Shear14 kt
0–1 km SRH-2
0–3 km SRH3
Eff. SRH3
Storm Motion220° @ 12 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.1
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index36.5
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.20 in
0–3 km LR7.5 °C/km
700–500 LR5.2 °C/km
Total Totals47.0
LCL895 hPa
LFC872 hPa
EL136 hPa
Freezing Lvl16,401 ft