Rain and gusty winds return to SLO County this week. Here’s the latest weather forecast
Don’t stow away your umbrella quite yet.
After several days of warm, sunny weather, San Luis Obispo County is set to see some sprinkles.
“There’s a 40% percent chance of rain for Friday night,” Ryan Kittell, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s Oxnard office, said Tuesday morning.
Light rain could fall anytime Friday night and throughout the day on Saturday, he said, with total rainfall amounts of a quarter to a half an inch.
Kittell said there’s “some lingering chances” of rain from Saturday night through Sunday night.
“There might be a shower or two,” he said.
What’s the weather forecast for SLO?
Tuesday’s forecast for San Luis Obispo was sunny with a high temperature near 73 degrees and winds as high as 20 mph, according to the weather service’s seven-day look.
The area expected to see patchy fog after 11 p.m. and increasing clouds, with a low temperature of around 51 degrees, the agency said. Winds could gust as high as 15 mph.
Wednesday will see patchy fog before 11 a.m. and after 11 p.m.
Otherwise, morning clouds will give way to clear skies and gusty winds with a high near 75 and a low around 49.
More patchy fog is predicted for Thursday, which will be partly sunny, with a high near 74 and a low around 50.
Partly sunny skies will follow patchy fog on Friday. The high temperature will hover near 69.
According to the forecast, there’s a chance of rain after 11 p.m. Friday night, when the low will be around 52.
The weather service is predicting a slight chance of rain on Saturday and Sunday. Both days will have high temperatures in the low 60s and lows in the mid-40s.
“It will be windy, too,” Kittell said. “Once that storm moves through on Saturday, there will also be some gusty northwest winds on Sunday, 30 to 40 mph.”
Monday could also see a slight chance of rain, although the weather service forecast says it will be mostly sunny with a high near 64.
Is the rainy season over for the Central Coast?
“Not necessarily,” Kittell said.
“We do have another potential storm or signal for some more rain toward the end of next week,” he said.
Typically the Central Coast sees some wet weather in April, Kittell said, although the rain “usually starts shutting down by the time you get to May.”
This story was originally published March 19, 2024 at 10:57 AM.
