Fire Danger Eases
Fire danger will remain high into Saturday as an extremely dry air mass settles into the region. Dry, offshore winds will continue, but slowly ease on Saturday. Expect cool nights and warm days into early next week with mostly sunny skies. We’ll get a bit of an onshore push Sunday into Monday, which could bring some fog back to the coast temporarily.
AIR QUALITY: Good to Moderate
Rest of Saturday: Mostly sunny and breezy at times. Dry and warm with highs in the 70s to low 80s.
Sunday: Scattered high clouds and slightly cooler with highs in the upper 60s to 70s on the coast and 70s to low 80s inland. Some fog possible on the coast late.
Extended: We’ll be a little cooler on Monday as onshore flow deepens slightly. However, the ridge to our southeast will build back northward, warming us up again through mid-week. We’re tracking a weak weather system which will pass by late in the week. It could bring some light precipitation, but there are no guarantees at this point.
*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: 51ºF
HIGH: 71ºF
--INLAND CITIES--
LOW: 46ºF
HIGH: 78ºF
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-The outlook from the Climate Prediction Center for October 27th – November 2nd calls for the likelihood of BELOW normal temperatures and ABOVE 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 19th : 57.2ºF (avg of 7 buoys)
