Hazy Days of Summer

The weather pattern will remain blocked up for the foreseeable future. The West Coast remains sandwiched in between two areas of high pressure—one out over the Pacific and the other over the Four Corners Region. Low level flow will remain onshore which will support a moderately deep marine layer. This will lead to coastal low clouds and seasonable to slightly cool temperatures for this time of year.  


Friday: Partly cloudy on the coast and sunny inland after morning valley clouds. High smoke. Coastal highs in the 60s to around 70ºF with upper 70s to upper 90s inland. Breezy for inland valleys in the afternoon and early evening.

Overnight: Widespread low clouds will fill back in overnight. Expect lows in the mid-50s on the coast and upper 40s to mid-50s for inland areas.

Saturday: Partly cloudy on the coast and sunny inland after morning valley clouds. High smoke. Coastal highs in the 60s to around 70ºF with upper 70s to around 100ºF inland. Breezy for inland valleys in the afternoon and early evening.

Extended: Not much change in the forecast out of the week with seasonable to slightly cool temperatures expected for most areas. A weak trough may strengthen just enough Monday-Wednesday to cool just down a couple of degrees, but that’s about it!

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This week's normal temperatures:
--COASTAL CITIES--
LOW: 54ºF
HIGH: 69ºF

--INLAND CITIES--
LOW: 51ºF
HIGH: 86ºF

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-The outlook from the Climate Prediction Center for July 24^th – 30^th calls for the likelihood of near normal temperatures and near normal precipitation. Note: Little to no precipitation typically falls this time of year.

-El Niño/La Niña STATUS: Neutral
-Forecast into Winter: La Niña Watch

-Area drought status: Good to Abnormally Dry