Winding Down From Weekend Weather Wildness
Lingering showers into Sunday before drying out a bit. Some sun but still cool, with high temps staying well below average for this time of year. Chilly at night. Rain chances return late Tuesday into Wednesday.
AIR QUALITY: Good
Sunday: Partly cloudy, cool, and breezy with scattered showers. Small hail possible in stronger showers. Snow above 4,000ft. Highs in the 50s.
Extended: Monday should be dry but temps still below normal only slightly warmer. Some sunshine with slight chance of rain by Monday night. Chance of rain again for election day Tuesday as another system approaches the central coast. Staying cool for much of the week.
*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: 45ºF
HIGH: 62ºF
--INLAND CITIES--
LOW: 40ºF
HIGH: 65ºF
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-The outlook from the Climate Prediction Center for March 8th - 14th calls for the likelihood of BELOW normal temperatures and ABOVE normal precipitation.
- ENSO (El Niño/La Niña) STATUS: El Niño Advisory, La Niña Watch
- ENSO Forecast: Transition from El Niño to neutral by Spring and then to La Niña by summer.
-Area drought status: Currently drought-free
