Not As Exciting, But A Little Warm

Now that the dry lightning threat has come to an end, it’s back to the usual summer weather. Warmer than normal temperatures will continue into the work week and will trend even warmer as high pressure builds in from the east. Temps will peak on Tuesday before cooling back down toward next weekend.

AIR QUALITY: Good

Sunday: Clouds clear back to the coast by afternoon with low clouds lingering on the south side of the bay. Otherwise, mostly sunny with a few high clouds passing through. Expect highs in the low 60s to upper 70s on the coast—warmest on the north side of the bay—and low 80s to around 106ºF inland. Breezy onshore winds becoming windy up valleys late in the day.

Monday:Another morning of low clouds and fog for the coast and valleys, then clouds clear back to the coast and again for the afternoon. Remaining low clouds will favor the south side of the bay and we’ll also have some occasional high clouds drifting through from the south. Expect coastal highs in the mid 60s to around 80ºF-warmest on the north side of the bay—and low 80s to around 109ºF inland. Breezy onshore winds becoming windy up valleys late in the day.

Extended: Highs will peak on Tuesday under mostly sunny skies with coastal areas 5-10ºF above normal and inland areas 10-20ºF above! We’ll begin to cool off on Wednesday with coastal areas remaining seasonable. Inland areas will take a few days to return to normal and then hover there through 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

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This week's normal temperatures:
--COASTAL CITIES--
LOW: 55ºF
HIGH: 70ºF

--INLAND CITIES--
LOW: 53ºF
HIGH: 85ºF
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-The outlook from the Climate Prediction Center for August 11^th – 17^th calls for the likelihood of near normal temperatures and ABOVE 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 August 4^th: 57.9ºF
(Historic August AVG: 59.6ºF) -- *average of six buoys