Santa Barbara Co. Office of Emergency Management keeping a close eye on weather

–UPDATE–

The Santa Barbara County Office of Emergency Managment issued the following statement:

“The National Weather Service is now indicating that the storm that was predicted for Tuesday has weakened and will now arrive on Wednesday.

No evacuations from this storm are necessary.

The Santa Barbara County Office of Emergency Management and cooperating emergency response agencies will continue to monitor the weather system for changes and will alert the public if the storm becomes a threat for debris flows.

Unless the situation changes, no further updates will be issued for this storm.”

The Santa Barbara County Office of Emergency Management is monitoring hurricane Rosa and the weather it could bring to our area. There are no emergency alerts at this time.

Cooperating emergency agencies say they are closely monitoring the weather storm which is expected to hit the Santa Barbara area on Tuesday, October 2.

The National Weather Service says there will not be enough rain to produce debris flows in the recent burn areas.

The Office of Emergency Management says no evacuation orders or warnings are planned at this time.

The first storm of the season is expected to hit the south coast on Tuesday with some showers and a 20% chance of thunderstorms.

Tuesday into Wednesday afternoon, less than a half an inch of rain is expected for the burn areas. By the end of the storm, the rain totals on the south coast are expected to range between 0.5 and 1.5 inches.

For the most update-to-date forecast, click here.

Here is the full weather advisory:

Message from the Santa Barbara County Office of Emergency Management: Weather Advisory

The National Weather Service, the Santa Barbara County Office of Emergency Management, and cooperating emergency response agencies are all closely monitoring the weather system which is forecasted to arrive in the Santa Barbara area Tuesday afternoon 10/2/18. At this time the NWS does not expect the system to reach rain intensity thresholds which can produce debris flows from the recent burn areas. No evacuation orders or warnings are planned at this time. Conditions can change so please continue to monitor local news and weather. This office will provide another update tomorrow afternoon. Go to www.readysbc.org for updates. See below for the latest NWS spot weather forecast for the SB South Coast/mountains…..

The first storm of the season is expected to impact the Santa Barbara south coast Tuesday into Wednesday. While there is increasing confidence that rain will occur across the south coast sometime in this time period, there is still considerable uncertainty in the rainfall amounts, timing, and intensities. There is a 20 percent chance of thunderstorms across the south coast sometime between Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday afternoon which could be capable of producing brief heavy downpours. As a result, there is a low probability of reaching USGS thresholds (0.80 inches in 60 minutes, 0.60 inches in 30 minutes, and 0.40 inches in 15 minutes) for the burn areas in the Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday afternoon time period. Storm totals are generally expected to range between 0.50 and 1.50 inches across the South coast, but local amounts up to 2.00 inches will be possible across south facing slopes and near thunderstorms.

TUESDAY…

Sky/weather…………Mostly cloudy. 60 percent chance of showers,

especially in the afternoon. 20 percent chance

of thunderstorms in the afternoon.

Max temperature……..66-70.

Wind (20 ft)………..Southeast 5 to 10 mph in the morning becoming

southwest 8 to 15 mph with gusts to 20 mph

in the afternoon.

Rainfall intensities…Low probability of reaching USGS thresholds

in the afternoon.

TUESDAY NIGHT…

Sky/weather…………Mostly cloudy. 70 percent chance of showers.

20 percent chance of thunderstorms.

Min temperature……..56-60.

Wind (20 ft)………..Southeast 8 to 15 mph.

Rainfall intensities…Low probability of reaching USGS thresholds.

WEDNESDAY…

Sky/weather…………Mostly cloudy. 70 percent chance of showers.

20 percent chance of thunderstorms.

Max temperature……..66-70.

Wind (20 ft)………..South to southeast 8 to 15 mph with gusts to

20 mph.

Rainfall intensities…Low probability of reaching USGS thresholds.