Earlier this week I started running WxSim again, to generate our own local forecasts. This was partly because of requests I’ve received to bring it back, and partly because the local NWS forecast has been so far off on high temperatures recently.
I’m leaving the NWS forecast on the SLOweather home page, but I’ve placed a link to our forecast right above it for anyone that wishes to review it.
John Lindsey replaced the Integrated Sensor Suite on the Davis Station at the Community Center on Ontario Road. The PG&E site is now reporting current conditions again.
Autumn arrives at 1:18 PM PDT Tuesday. Looks like the rest of the week has the potential to be hot and dry in SLO, with high temperatures per the NWS in the 90s. They’ve already issued a Special Weather Statement which says, ”
EXTENDED PERIOD OF HOT AND DRY WEATHER EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH THURSDAY WITH PERIODS OF OFFSHORE WINDS... A STRONG UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TODAY...AND REMAIN OVER THE WESTERN STATES THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK. NEAR THE SURFACE...THE FLOW IS EXPECTED TO TURN WEAKLY OFFSHORE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS TODAY...WITH INCREASING OFFSHORE FLOW EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS SHOULD OCCUR ON TUESDAY FROM THE EARLY MORNING HOURS THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY THROUGH AND BELOW THE PASSES AND CANYONS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES. WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN PASSES...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH IN THE VALLEYS. THE OFFSHORE FLOW PATTERN WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...BUT THE WINDS SHOULD BE WEAKER. THE OFFSHORE INFLUENCE IS EXPECTED TO BRING AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF HOT AND DRY WEATHER FOR THE SOUTHLAND...WITH WIDESPREAD TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT EXPECTED ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY ACROSS THE VALLEYS AND SOME INLAND PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL PLAIN. IF THE OFFSHORE WINDS ARE SUFFICIENTLY STRONG...THERE WILL BE SIGNIFICANT WARMING ALL THE WAY TO THE IMMEDIATE COASTAL AREAS. THE OFFSHORE WINDS WILL ALSO BRING WIDESPREAD AND LONG DURATIONS OF SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES TO SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA ON TUESDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY. THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...HOT TEMPERATURES AND VERY DRY FUELS WILL BRING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHLAND LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST RED FLAG WARNING PRODUCT FOR DETAILS ON THIS UPCOMING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER PATTERN. RESIDENTS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ARE URGED TO MONITOR THE LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS AS WE DRAW CLOSER TO THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. PERSONS WHO ARE SENSITIVE TO HEAT SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE UPCOMING HEATWAVE. ANYONE EXPECTED TO BE OUTDOORS FOR EXTENDED PERIODS THIS WEEK SHOULD PLAN ACCORDINGLY BY BRINGING PLENTY OF EXTRA WATER...WEARING SUNSCREEN AND LIGHT COLORED CLOTHES...AND AVOIDING LONG EXPOSURE TO THE SUN.
Tonight’s Full Corn Moon rises here in SLO at 7:18 PM, just before sunset at 7:27 PM.