Citizen station GW5968GW5968
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/58 ft/3 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Parks/California/El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic Park
Alert. A Heat Advisory is in force for El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic Park until 8 PM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic Park is 69° and clear at 9 PM. The dew point is 47°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the north-northeast at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 70° by 4 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 93°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 68°. Rain is likely Tuesday (50%) and Wednesday (62%).
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 21 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 9:00 PM in El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic Park, California.
Air quality
Index 29, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Goleta (CA), 7 miles off.
Highest moderate, Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 44, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
The 7 instruments nearest El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Citizen station GW5968GW5968
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/58 ft/3 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Santa BarbaraBCXC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/1.2 mi away/39 ft/22 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/8.2 mi away/10 ft/51 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Santa Barbara 11 W53152
At a climate reference station/9.7 mi away/18 ft/43 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
StubblefieldS2219
At a soil climate station/39.9 mi away/2,995 ft/2,934 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Santa Barbara 1.3 ECA-SB-26
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/96 ft/35 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Santa BarbaraSBAC1
At a cooperative observer's station/1.0 mi away/16 ft/45 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
33 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.