Next Round Of Night Rain

The next weather-maker arrives tonight with rain expected across the region. Most of your Friday will be dry, however! Expect passing clouds and slightly cool temperatures. The front will approach after dark with increasing clouds and rain reaching the Monterey Bay Area around midnight. Rain is likely to be light to moderate as it slowly moves from northwest to southeast across the KION coverage areas. It should end for most cities around the bay before sunrise, but a few showers may linger into the afternoon over the hills and in the south. Winds then slowly switch offshore late Saturday into Sunday.

AIR QUALITY: Good

Friday: Partly cloudy with passing high clouds. Slightly cool with highs in the 60s for coastal cities and 60s to low 70s inland. Winds pick up for the valleys in the afternoon. Clouds increase late with rain possible around the bay by midnight or slightly before.

Overnight: Light to moderate rain moving from northwest to southeast across the region. Lows in the upper 40s to 50s.

Saturday: Becoming partly cloudy with a few lingering showers, mainly in the east and south. Continued cool with highs in the 60s for most areas. Breezy at times.

Extended: Winds shift offshore late Saturday into Sunday and could be gusty over the hills at times. Recent rains will dull fire danger but for areas that don’t see much rain, it will be elevated. Generally warmer, sunnier weather can be expected out of the weekend into next week.

*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: 48ºF
HIGH: 69ºF

--INLAND CITIES--
LOW: 43ºF
HIGH: 73ºF
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-The outlook from the Climate Prediction Center for November 8^th – 14^th calls for the likelihood of ABOVE normal temperatures and BELOW 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 November 1^st : 55.3ºF (avg of 7 buoys)