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Posted 10:51 PM 2/22/2011 by Dave Hovde

Cold overnight lows again tonight, but generally quiet until Friday when rain and possibly snow could fall on the Central Coast.

The system this upcoming weekend will have very low snow levels, starting at about 2000ft Friday but lowering to 1000 and possibly as low as 500ft. The system is (More)
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Posted 5:53 PM 2/22/2011 by Dave Hovde

Second dry day in a row, and much like yesterday, today's highs were below normal despite partly cloudy skies. More of this on the way through Thursday.

Friday and Saturday a very cold system looks to cross over the area. It'll bring .25-.75" more rain and very low snow levels, perhaps as (More)
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Posted 4:03 PM 2/22/2011 by Dave Hovde

The system this upcoming weekend will have very low snow levels, starting at about 2000ft Friday but lowering to 1000 and possibly as low as 500ft by Saturday afternoon.  This could bring snow to the Cuesta Grade, the north county valley floor and all of the mountains of SLO and SB counties.

Accumulations of a few inches will be possible.

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Posted 7:22 AM 2/22/2011 by Richard Gearhart

Today look for mostly sunny skies, with a highs in the mid to upper 50s. East southeast wind 5 to 15 mph becoming northwest.

Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a lows in the 30s and 40s. Calm wind.

Tomorrow more of the same with mostly sunny skies and highs in the 50s. Northwest wind between 5 and 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Our next chance of rain is still on track for Friday and Saturday.

Posted 9:56 PM 2/21/2011 by Dave Hovde

After a very wild weekend of weather featuring everything from thunder, lightning, snow, hail, heavy rain and high winds; we get a few days to gather ourselves. That said we currently are getting missed narrowly by a nicely organized area of low pressure to our west. You wouldn't know it from (More)
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Posted 9:43 PM 2/21/2011 by Dave Hovde

Tonight looks partly to mostly cloudy. Lows in the 30s to lower 40s with generally light winds, perhaps lightly offshore under 10mph.

Tuesday we'll see partly cloudy skies and another day of below normal highs in the 50s. West winds around 15 mph in the afternoon. Tuesday night (More)
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Posted 9:21 PM 2/21/2011 by Dave Hovde

Tuesday: E winds 10 to 15 kt becoming N with gusts to 20 kt in the afternoon. Wind waves 2 to 3 ft. NW swell 5 to 7 ft at 10 seconds. Slight chance of rain.

Tuesday Night: NW winds 15 to 20 kt with occasional gusts to 25 kt. Wind waves 2 to 3 ft. NW swell 4 to 6 ft at 10 seconds.

Posted 9:10 PM 2/21/2011 by Dave Hovde

The air quality forecast is produced locally however there is a great national site which shows concern areas, forecast animations, and answers questions on most pollutants.  It is AIRNow.gov and worth a look.

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Posted 5:30 PM 2/21/2011 by Dave Hovde

A very cold start this morning with even coastal locations reporting temperatures only slightly above freezing and temperatures sluggishly recovering into the lower to middle 50s.  We are still inside a large scale trough over the West.  In fact we'll likely narrowly get missed by a (More)
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Posted 8:09 AM 2/21/2011 by Richard Gearhart

Partly cloudy skies today with below normal temperatures. Highs should top out in the 50s for all areas. Mostly light winds.
Tonight look for lows to drop into the lower 30s and 40s under mostly clear skies.
The cold weather continues through Thursday with the next chance of rain Friday and Saturday.