More Pleasant Weather for the Central Coast
With a dry air mass in place, expect cool mornings and warm afternoons for the next few days. Conditions will be pleasant across the Central Coast, with plenty of sunshine to enjoy and calm winds.
Note: Gusty offshore winds and extreme fire danger will continue in SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA through Thursday, however.
AIR QUALITY: Good to Moderate
Wednesday: Mostly sunny with a few high clouds passing through. Light offshore winds becoming breezy at times near the river mouths. Highs mainly in the 60s with 50s in the higher terrain.
Overnight: Mostly clear skies - clear, dry conditions will lead to another chilly night with lows in the mid 30s to low 40s for most areas. Upper 20s to low 30s in sheltered valleys. Winds will remain light.
Thursday: Sunny and warm with highs in the 60s to low 70s. Light winds.
Extended: High pressure will continue to play “storm-blocker" to our west, leaving us warm & dry for the foreseeable future. Offshore winds redevelop by Saturday and may last through Monday. With a dry air mass in place, lows will be cool for this time of year and highs warm. Highs do slowly cool into mid-week next week, but look to remain above normal. Rain chances hold off until at least the 17th and potentially later. Longer term models are showing the high breaking down late in the month, but there is a lot of uncertainty.
*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: 60ºF
--INLAND CITIES--
LOW: 37ºF
HIGH: 61ºF
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-The outlook from the Climate Prediction Center for January 15th – 21st calls for the likelihood of BELOW 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 San Benito County, northeastern Monterey County and eastern Santa Clara County. Drought-free elsewhere
- Monterey Bay Sea Surface Temperature as of January 8th : 54.6ºF (avg of 6 buoys) [January Average: 54.7ºF]
