Back To Warm & Dry

We’ll get a break in the wet weather for a few days as high pressure builds in from the south. Temperatures will be above normal through the end of the week and even some coastal cities may see 70s!

AIR QUALITY: Good to Moderate

**DENSE FOG ADVISORY**
…for coastal Santa Cruz & Monterey Counties, the Santa Cruz Mountains, and lower elevation inland valleys of Santa Clara, San Benito, and Monterey Counties in effect until 9AM Tuesday

*Visibility one quarter mile or less in dense fog.

*Limited visibility will result in hazardous driving conditions.

If driving, slow down, use your headlights, and leave plenty of distance ahead of you.

If commuting, allow extra drive time to reach your destination safely.

Overnight: Partly cloudy with patchy dense fog. Lows in the 40s for most areas.

Tuesday: Becoming mostly sunny with a few high clouds passing through. Warmer, with highs in the 60s for most areas. Breezy up-valley winds late in the day.  

Wednesday: Mostly sunny and much warmer with light offshore winds highs in the mid-60s to low 70s for most areas.

Extended: Temperatures remain well above normal Thursday and Friday, although by Friday, clouds and southerly winds will be on the increase. A series of weather systems will then pass by Saturday into next week. At the moment, nothing is standing out as severe.

*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: 42ºF
HIGH: 59ºF

--INLAND CITIES--
LOW: 37ºF
HIGH: 60ºF
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-The outlook from the Climate Prediction Center for December 23^rd – 29^th calls for the likelihood of ABOVE 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 December 16^th : 55.1ºF (avg of 7 buoys) [December Average: 55.0ºF]