Clear, dry, and warm weather will persist through Monday before turning cooler with increasing clouds from Veterans Day into Wednesday.

Drizzle-gentle rain is expected to develop from Thursday into Friday, followed by increasing northwesterly winds and a return to dry conditions next weekend.

A strong ridge of high pressure over northern and central California will produce moderate to fresh (13 to 24 mph) and occasionally gusty Santa Lucia (northeasterly) winds during the night and morning through Monday.

High temperatures will range from the low to upper 80s across the Central Coast through Monday. Record highs for this period in Santa Maria — set in 1956 — range from the low to mid-90s, while Santa Ynez records from that same year sit in the mid-80s to low 90s, meaning Santa Ynez coul

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