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Santa Ynez Arpt wind

Santa Ynez Arpt is a land weather station near Solvang in the Santa Barbara Channel sailing area. The readings come from Aviation weather (METAR), and Telltale keeps every one of them so the history on this page is the station's own record.

Latest observation

The latest reading at Santa Ynez Arpt is a wind of 11 kn from the W (260°), gusting 17 kn, observed at 2026-11-03 23:35 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 15:35 local time, America/Los_Angeles). The air temperature was 19°C. Sea-level pressure was 1016 hPa.

The last 24 hours

Over the 24 hours to that reading, Santa Ynez Arpt averaged 3 kn across 63 observations, with a strongest gust of 17 kn and a strongest mean wind of 14 kn. The prevailing direction, weighted by wind speed, was NW (313°).

About this station

Type
land weather station
Source
Aviation weather (METAR)
Area
Santa Barbara Channel
Position
34.606, -120.076
Exposure
unknown

Telltale has not classified how exposed Santa Ynez Arpt is, so compare it with nearby stations before relying on its absolute numbers.

Reading these numbers

The mean wind is averaged over the station's reporting period, and a gust is the strongest short burst inside it, so a gust is always at least the mean. Speeds are in knots, directions are where the wind blows from, and times are given in UTC with the station's local time beside them. A station measures its own spot; a forecast model describes a grid cell, so the two can differ by a few knots even when the forecast is good. Santa Ynez Arpt is one of the stations Telltale compares with the forecast models before it shapes the live wind map; understand the weather models or how coastal wind behaves.

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