Unsettled For The Next Few Days
The storm system that brought extreme weather to the Monterey Bay Area on Sunday is technically still here on the West Coast. The center will continue to weaken and push back down the coast on Tuesday, shifting our winds to the northwest and pushing a few more showers and cooler air through the area. The atmosphere will remain unstable, so isolated thunderstorms may be possible over inland areas Tuesday afternoon. As the system finally departs, a fast-moving system will slide in from the north behind it, bringing rain, gusty northwest winds, and a cooler air mass.
AIR QUALITY: Good
Overnight: Partly cloudy with an isolated shower possible, mainly along the coast. Patchy fog for valleys. Lows in the 40s.
Tuesday: Partly cloudy early, then becoming mostly cloudy with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms developing mainly over the higher terrain/inland. Breezy and cool northwesterly winds at times. Highs in the 50s.
Wednesday: Mostly cloudy with rounds of rain. A chance for a thunderstorm on the coast. Gusty northwest winds at times. Cool, with highs in the 50s. Snow levels drop to 4,000ft.
Extended: Showers linger on Thursday with another cool day. One final weak system will move down the coast Friday and may bring a few additional showers before we dry out and warm up into the weekend.
*Note: Any alerts from the National Weather Service in Monterey will be noted in italics above. Alerts may be edited for brevity or local clarification (in parenthesis)
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This week's normal temperatures:
--COASTAL CITIES--
LOW: 44ºF
HIGH: 61ºF
--INLAND CITIES--
LOW: 39ºF
HIGH: 62ºF
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-The outlook from the Climate Prediction Center for February 13th – 19th calls for the likelihood of ABOVE normal temperatures and ABOVE normal precipitation.
- ENSO (El Niño/La Niña) STATUS: El Niño Advisory
- ENSO Forecast: Strong to Very Strong El Niño expected this winter.
-Area drought status: Currently drought-free
