The Clouds Continue

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 into next week. We’ll see a cool down a bit early to mid next week as a weak trough develops on the coast.

Monday: Mostly cloudy on the coast throughout the day with inland sun. Highs will be in the 60s on the coast with 70s to around 100 degrees inland. Breezy at times.

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.

Tuesday: More coastal clouds, and slightly cooler inland. Highs will be in the 60s on the coast with 70s to 90s degrees inland. Breezy at times.

Extended: Temperatures warm a few degrees by the end of the week.

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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 27^th – August 2^nd 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