Brushed By Weather Systems

Cooler weather continues into the weekend as a weather system brushes by to the north. It will help deepen the marine layer Friday into Saturday and help produce some drizzle, but the system’s rain won’t make it to our shores.  The dominant ridge(s) of high pressure will remain to our south allowing for more southern penetration of the storm track through next week. Another system approaches mid-week, which we are monitoring for rain chances.

AIR QUALITY: Good

Overnight: Low clouds slowly filling in around the bay and perhaps into nearby valleys by dawn. Patchy fog with some drizzle possible. Lows in the 50s on the coast with 40s-50s for inland valleys.

Friday: A few low clouds on the coast, otherwise mostly sunny with a few passing high clouds. Expect coastal highs in the 60s to low 70s with 70s to upper 80s inland. Breezy on the exposed coast and up valleys late in the day. Low clouds thicken on the coast late.

Saturday: Partly cloudy with a chance for coastal drizzle in the morning and then again in the evening. Highs in the 60s to low 70s on the coast and 70s to low 80s inland. Breezy northwest winds at times.

Extended: Expect partly cloudy and seasonable weather for most of the early part of next week before a pair of systems approach late-week. The Wednesday system may bring some light rain, but it is still far out.
*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: 52ºF
HIGH: 71ºF

--INLAND CITIES--
LOW: 48ºF
HIGH: 80ºF
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-The outlook from the Climate Prediction Center for October 18^th – 24^th calls for the likelihood of ABOVE normal temperatures and near normal precipitation.

- ENSO (El Niño/La Niña) STATUS: La Niña Watch
- ENSO Forecast: Transition to La Niña into the fall and persist through the winter months.
- Area drought status: Abnormally dry for areas around Monterey Bay northward. Drought-free elsewhere.
- Monterey Bay Sea Surface Temperature as of October 10^th : 60.5ºF (avg of 7 buoys)