A Little Cooler Thursday

Weak troughing will continue over the West Coast for the next couple of days with seasonable to slightly cool temperatures. Low clouds will also be more prevalent than recent days, but a full on “June Gloom” is not expected. 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 builds in from the south into next week with warmer weather expected.

AIR QUALITY: Good

Thursday: Low clouds will linger on the south and east side of the bay during the afternoon. Otherwise, sunny. Slightly cooler with coastal highs in the upper 50s to upper 70s—warmest on the north side of the bay and mid 70s to mid 90s inland. Breezy west-northwesterly onshore winds then windy up-valleys late in the day. Low clouds thicken late with some drizzle possible.

Overnight: Low clouds will thicken this evening, eventually filling the bay and most valleys overnight. With a deeper marine layer, light drizzle is possible along with areas of patchy fog. Cloud cover will keep temperatures mild and seasonable for most with mostly 50s across the area, few upper 40s for far interior locations.

Friday: Mostly cloudy for the coast and nearby valleys early. Then becoming partly cloudy on the coast with clouds on the south side of the bay and sunny inland. Expect coastal highs from 60ºF to the upper 70s—warmest on the north side of the bay—and mid 70s to low 90s inland. Windy up valleys late in the day.

Extended: High pressure nudges in this weekend which will send temperatures back upward and reduce low cloudcover, especially on Sunday. That warming trend will continue into early next week where we could see the return of triple digits inland.

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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 4^th – 10^th calls for the likelihood of ABOVE normal temperatures and near 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: 54.9ºF
(Historic June AVG: 56.7ºF) -- *average of three buoys