Pleasant Weekend

High pressure will bring another sunny, mild day today after a chilly start. Winds will be calm with clear skies. This dry air mass will remain in place for the next couple days, so fire danger will remain elevated. Expect seasonable temperatures before our next weather maker brings increase in moisture and winds, with clouds and light rain chances and cooler temps.

AIR QUALITY: Good to Moderate

Today: Sunny and dry. Seasonable to slightly warm with coastal highs in the mid-60s to mid-70s and low to mid-70s for inland valleys.

Overnight: Mainly clear with lows 40s to low 50s coastal and 30s to 40s inland.

Saturday: Sunny skies with a few more clouds around but quiet weather expected. Slightly cooler on the coast with highs in the 60s to low 70s, but continued seasonable temps inland with low to mid 70s for highs. Becoming mostly cloudy at night.

Extended: Still some sunshine and dry on Sunday with increasing clouds before a more direct system brings us rain on Monday/Veterans Day. Right now, any rain is looking to remain light. This system should have increased winds as well. Beyond Monday, the storm track looks to remain active with additional system(s) possible mid to late week with more rain chances.

*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: 47ºF
HIGH: 68ºF

--INLAND CITIES--
LOW: 42ºF
HIGH: 72ºF
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-The outlook from the Climate Prediction Center for November 14^th – 20^th 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 November 6^th : 55.5ºF (avg of 7 buoys) [November Average: 56.6ºF]