Just a day into autumn and Santa Barbara is seeing another forecast for rain on Tuesday and Wednesday. 

The National Weather Service is reporting chances of rain and thunderstorms throughout the county beginning Tuesday.

It is forecasted that Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon will have the highest possibility for rain. Tuesday afternoon is forecasted to have a 40-50 percent chance of rain. Wednesday’s forecast says there is a 20-30 percent chance of rain.

“We are expecting thunderstorms especially in western San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara County,” NWS meteorologist Bryan Lewis said. 

He said this week’s potential rainfall is coming from a low-pressure system above Southern California and the Central Coast.

However, he says there is low confidence in predicting the location, time and amount of rain for showers and thunderstorms. The rain amounts are predicted to be less than half an inch. However, this could change if there are thunderstorms.

Like last week, daytime temperatures will continue to be warm for the predicted rainy days. 

“Probably not as quite as warm or muggy (as last week) but still a bit more humid than normal,” Lewis said. 

Tuesday’s daytime highs are projected to be 77 to 79 degrees in the North County. While on the South Coast, daytime highs might see a range of 79 to 89 degrees.

Wednesday daytime highs are also predicted to be 74-76 degrees in the North County and the South Coast is forecasted to see a range of 77-83 degrees.

Lewis says residents should be cautious of the potential impacts that the thunderstorms may bring, including heavy rain, wind, lightning and small hail.

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