A Few Showers Possible

Air Quality (as of 8PM):
Good to moderate for all reporting stations.

Weather Story: A few showers possible Friday and Saturday morning. High pressure then build in, warming things up into next week.

Friday: Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers in the morning. Showers will dissipate through the afternoon. We’ll remain mostly cloudy before another small system makes its way into the Central Coast late Friday into Saturday morning bringing another round, and better chance of light showers.

Overnight: Partly cloudy with a chance for light showers. Lows in the 40s.

Saturday: A chance for scattered rain early. Skies then clear out throughout the day with gusty conditions. Highs mainly in the 50s.

Extended: Sunday we begin to warm back up near seasonal temperatures and clear skies. Above normal temperatures possible the early part of next week. Mid to upper 60s along the coast and 70s inland.

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This week's normal temperatures:
--COASTAL CITIES--
LOW: 44ºF
HIGH: 61ºF
 
--INLAND CITIES--
LOW: 38ºF
HIGH: 63ºF

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-The outlook from the Climate Prediction Center for February 24^th – March 2^nd calls for the likelihood of BELOW normal temperatures and BELOW normal precipitation. 
-El Niño/La Niña STATUS: Weak La Niña
-Forecast into Summer: Neutral

-Area drought status: Abnormally dry for most of the viewing area, moderate drought for most of Santa Clara County outside of the Santa Cruz Mountains and the northeastern sections of San Benito County.