More storms on the way, and SLO County could get up to 6 inches of rain
After a few days of clear and sunny weather, a stormy weather pattern will develop on Tuesday night and continue through next Sunday.
Another cold morning is expected in the inland areas on Sunday with temperatures dropping to the high-20s. However, gentle southerly winds and areas of low marine clouds in the coastal regions will produce warmer overnight temperatures on Sunday into Monday.
A low-pressure system will drop southward to the west of the California coast and bring fresh to strong (19 to 31 mph) southerly winds and increasing clouds on Tuesday, with rain developing Tuesday night into Wednesday.
This low-pressure system will be reinforced by upper-levels winds and an upper-level trough on Thursday and again on Christmas Eve through Christmas Day. This system will bring moderate to gale-force to fresh gale-force (32 to 46 mph) southerly winds and periods of rain, with the potential for snow-level down to 3,000 feet when the coldest air settling in on Christmas Day.
Altogether, between 4 and 6 inches of liquid rainfall is possible from Tuesday night into next Sunday.
Surf report
Sunday’s 3- to 5-foot northwesterly (290-degree, deep-water) swell (with an 8- to 16-second period) will lower to 2- to 4-feet on Monday.
Increasing southerly winds will generate a 5- to 7-foot southerly (190-degree, deep-water) sea and swell (with a 5- to 12-second period) on Tuesday into Thursday afternoon increasing to 12- to 14-feet (with a 5- to 12-second period on Thursday night into Friday.
Seawater temperatures will range between 55- and 57-degrees through next week.
This week’s temperatures
LOWS AND HIGHS, PASO ROBLES
SUN | MON | TUE | WED | THU | FRI | SAT | SUN |
25, 57 | 36, 58 | 40, 60 | 48, 57 | 47, 57 | 44, 52 | 35, 54 | 36, 55 |
LOWS AND HIGHS, SAN LUIS OBISPO AND COASTAL VALLEYS
SUN | MON | TUE | WED | THU | FRI | SAT | SUN |
40, 59 | 42, 60 | 45,62 | 48, 60 | 48, 61 | 45, 58 | 41, 59 | 42, 59 |
PG&E safety tip
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John Lindsey’s is PG&E’s Diablo Canyon marine meteorologist and a media relations representative. Email him at pgeweather@pge.com or follow him on Twitter @PGE_John.