Rain showers continue Monday, but conditions dry out Tuesday and beyond
Temperatures Monday are hardly changing as unsettled weather continues. Highs this Martin Luther King Day will be mostly in the upper 50s to low 60s, so bring your warm rain jacket to any events.
The low is sitting in Northern California and shower activity will continue in several impulses. As the cold core of the low makes its closest pass by the region in the afternoon, increased instability will give the Central Coast a chance of thunderstorms or hail.
Through Monday, we could receive an additional half inch to inch of rain on the coast, and around 2 inches in the mountains. Peak rain rates will be a quarter to half inch per hour, with three quarters of an inch per hour possible in isolated thunderstorms.
A coastal flood advisory is in place for all beach areas until 10:00 pm Tuesday. There is also a high surf advisory for all beaches for the same time period. Breaking waves will be 8 to 14 feet on the Central Coast, 5 to 8 feet on the Ventura Coast, and 4 to 7 feet on the South Coast. Be cautious of beach erosion and around bluffs.
A winter weather advisory is in place for the Ventura County mountains until 3:00 am Tuesday. We will see an additional 5 to 10 inches of snow over 6,000 feet, and up to 5 inches above 5,000 feet. Gusts will be 50 to 60 mph.
There is a wind advisory until 9:00 am for the San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara County mountains, and the Central Coast, South Salinas Valley, San Luis Obispo interior valleys, and the Southwest Coast. South to southwest winds will be 15 to 30 mph, with gusts at 40 to 50 mph.
High pressure is building in the region Tuesday and conditions will be dry. Highs will hardly change, but lows will get chillier. Conditions may warm a tad Wednesday with the ridge directly over SoCal.
An inside slider Thursday will increase our cloud cover, but we are likely to remain dry. Northerly winds may pick up some speed. Conditions will be bright and dry from Friday through the weekend.
