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Eastern Goleta Valley, California

Community in Santa Barbara County, California

Air quality

The air at Eastern Goleta Valley

Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Goleta (CA), 2 miles off.

23Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)9Good2.2 mi
  • Ozone23Good16 ppb2.2 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)-15 mi

The days ahead

Highest moderate, Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 44, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Eastern Goleta Valley

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Eastern Goleta Valley, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

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On the radar over Eastern Goleta Valley, CaliforniaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Eastern Goleta Valley, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Santa Barbara 4.3 WNWCA-SB-25

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/160 ft/80 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Santa Barbara Muni, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.2 mi from Eastern Goleta Valley, California. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Santa Barbara Muni, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SBAFIG. A THE SKY OVER SANTA BARBARA MUNISECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESanta Barbara Muni, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SBATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SBA-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

59.0 F with a dew point of 46.0 F, 62 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,000 ft up.

Chart of the air at Santa Barbara Muni: temperature 59.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 46.0, 62 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,000 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SBAFIG. B THE AIR AT SANTA BARBARA MUNITHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00030 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 3,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 43.1 FTEMPERATURE 59.0 FDEW POINT 46.0 FSPREAD 13.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 62 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLESanta Barbara Muni, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SBATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SBA-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (280 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 24 mph.

Plan of the wind at Santa Barbara Muni, north up: blowing from 280 degrees, the west, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SBAFIG. C THE WIND AT SANTA BARBARA MUNIPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 280°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESanta Barbara Muni, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SBATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SBA-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Santa Barbara Muni, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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