Extreme Heat Warning Covers Santa Barbara County Coast Through Oct. 8
The National Weather Service warns of dangerously hot conditions, with temperatures up to 85 at the coast and 100 in the mountains and the Cuyama Valley.
The National Weather Service office in Los Angeles/Oxnard kept an extreme heat warning in effect early Friday for much of Santa Barbara County. The warning, first issued Thursday as an upgrade from an extreme heat watch, took effect at 10 a.m. Friday and runs through 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 8.
The warning covers the county's southwestern and southeastern coasts, including Carpinteria, Santa Barbara, Goleta, Montecito and Gaviota, along with the Cuyama Valley, the Santa Ynez Mountains and Santa Cruz and Anacapa Islands. The Weather Service describes dangerously hot conditions with temperatures up to 85 degrees at the coast and 100 in the mountains and the Cuyama Valley.
The agency's forecast for the city of Santa Barbara calls for a high of 86 on Friday, 90 on Saturday, 90 on Sunday and 88 on Monday, with overnight lows near 70.
Heat-related illnesses increase significantly during extreme heat events, the Weather Service says. Its precautionary guidance is to drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.
The agency adds that very hot temperatures are likely to continue into the second week of October, possibly requiring an extension of the warning.
The Santa Barbara warning is part of a multi-day heat wave blanketing much of Southern and Central California. The Desert Sun reports that the counties under the warning include Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles, Orange and Riverside, and that August ranked as the warmest on record in some California counties, including Ventura, Los Angeles, Riverside and San Diego, according to the National Centers for Environmental Information.
Forecasters are also flagging elevated fire weather conditions across California at the start of October, according to theweather.com, which describes a long-duration heat event driven by a high-pressure ridge.
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