Lightning Threat Has Ended

The dry lightning threat has come to an end. So what’s next? Well, it’s pretty much a return to our usual summer pattern. A trough of low pressure approaching the West Coast will be our main weather influence over the next few days. While some areas of the Pacific Northwest will see rain, we’ll see a general cooldown. On the coast, the deepening marine layer will mean for more low clouds and cooler temperatures. That marine layer air will reach farther inland as well along with the general cooling aloft with the trough. The passing trough will also kick up the northwest winds, which may be gusty, but also prevent a full-on June Gloom from developing—though some areas on the south/east sides of the bay will be quite cloudy for the next few days.

AIR QUALITY: Good for all areas except Moderate in Hollister

Overnight: Low clouds/fog fill the coast, bay, and nearby valleys. Patchy dense fog possible. Expect lows in the low to mid 50s on the coast and low 50s to mid 60s for inland valleys.

Wednesday: Low clouds and fog on the coast early in the day, then becoming patchy into the afternoon. Mostly sunny otherwise with coastal highs in the low 60s to mid 70s—warmest on the north side of the bay—and mid 70s to upper 90s inland. Windy out of the northwest on the exposed coast and up-valley with breezy onshore winds elsewhere.

Thursday: Low clouds in the morning on the coast becoming partly cloudy with clouds favoring the south/east sides of the bay in the afternoon. Expect coastal highs in the upper 50s to low 70s—warmest on the north side of the bay—and mid 70s to low 90s for inland valleys. Windy out of the northwest on the exposed coast and up-valley with breezy onshore winds elsewhere.

Extended: Coastal temperatures will start to slowly rise starting Friday and into the weekend while inland areas will see the coolest day on Friday before starting to rise as well. High pressure nudges in this weekend which will send temperatures back upward and reduce low cloudcover, especially on Sunday.

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This week's normal temperatures:
--COASTAL CITIES--
LOW: 53ºF
HIGH: 68ºF

--INLAND CITIES--
LOW: 50ºF
HIGH: 83ºF
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-The outlook from the Climate Prediction Center for July 3^rd – 9^th calls for the likelihood of ABOVE normal temperatures and BELOW normal* precipitation.
*Note: little to no precipitation typically falls this time of year

- ENSO (El Niño/La Niña) STATUS: La Niña Watch
- ENSO Forecast: Transition to La Niña by late summer.
- Area drought status: Currently drought-free
- Monterey Bay Sea Surface Temperature* as of June 26^th: 55.0ºF
(Historic June AVG: 56.7ºF) -- *average of three buoys