Toasty Tuesday
WEATHER STORY
High pressure will continue to rebuild heading into the work week. This will lead to a net warm-up for all areas. All areas will warm up Tuesday with the hot ridge square over us. Inland locations will tiptoe around those triple digits. We’ll then cool down through the end of the week to more seasonable weather by Memorial Day Weekend.
AIR QUALITY: GOOD to MODERATE
***GALE WARNING***
… Extended until 3AM Tuesday.
Coastal Waters from Point Pinos to Point Piedras Blancas California out to 10 nm.
Northwest winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt expected.
Overnight: Mostly clear skies inland with low clouds arriving at the Monterey Peninsula shortly after dark. These will continue to thicken throughout the overnight hours and may linger briefly after sunrise. Lows in the upper 40s to low 50s.
Tuesday: Few low clouds in the morning will quickly disappear. Mostly sunny, hot inland with temps nearing 100, expect mostly upper 80s and 90s. Nice along the coast, comfortable 60s and 70s.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a few patchy low clouds around the southern portions of the bay by late afternoon. Highs still warm, but slightly cooler from Tuesday. 80s and 90s inland, 60s and 70s along the coast.
Extended: We’ll then cool to more seasonable levels by Thursday and then stay that way through the Memorial Day Weekend.
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This week's normal temperatures:
--COASTAL CITIES--
LOW: 50ºF
HIGH: 67ºF
--INLAND CITIES--
LOW: 47ºF
HIGH: 76ºF
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-The outlook from the Climate Prediction Center for May 31st – June 6th calls for the likelihood of ABOVE normal temperatures and BELOW precipitation.
- El Niño/La Niña STATUS: La Niña Advisory
- Forecast: Weak La Niña into the Fall
-Area drought status: “Severe Drought” for most of the viewing area with the far eastern fringes of Santa Benito and southeastern corner of Monterey County in “Extreme Drought.”
