Weather Authority Forecast Summary

A weak upper level trough will dominate our weather into the weekend, cooling temperatures slightly and allowing the marine layer to remain moderately deep. This will keep low clouds in the forecast into the weekend. Eventually, a ridge of high pressure will build in into next week, warming both coast and inland areas and cutting down on clouds.

Overnight: Low clouds thicken for coastal areas and adjacent inland valleys. Patchy fog and drizzle possible. Lows in the 50s on the coast and 50s to low 60s inland.

Saturday: Low clouds and patchy fog for coastal areas and the Salinas Valley in the morning, then becoming mostly sunny. Scattered low clouds will linger on the south/east sides of the bay and along the exposed coast during the afternoon but other areas will see full sunshine. Expect coastal highs in the low 60s to mid 70s with mid 70s to low 100s inland. Breezy for the Salinas Valley in the afternoon and early evening.

Extended: Starting Sunday, high pressure will build in for most of next week, heating up inland areas and even the coast will see mostly sunny, warm conditions. Some monsoonal moisture potentially enhanced by one of the tropical cyclones out in the East Pacific may result in some high clouds by mid-week. At least one computer model is generating some showers/t-storms on Thursday, so that will have to be watched.

The outlook from the Climate Prediction Center for August 4th-10th calls for the likelihood of above normal temperatures and near normal precipitation, though little to no precipitation typically falls this time of year.

El Niño/La Niña STATUS: Neutral
Forecast: Neutral into the winter months

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This week’s normal temperatures:

–COAST–
LOW: 54ºF HIGH: 70ºF

–INLAND–
LOW: 51ºF HIGH: 86ºF