Rain Tapers Off, Cooler Air Pushes In

Air Quality Report (As of 7:00am)
Good to moderate for all reporting areas.

Weather Story:
After this morning's cold front, high pressure will start to rebuild. After a couple of chilly days, temperatures will warm up through the weekend. The next system will take aim on the coast by early next week, though it is trending dryer.


Thursday: Showers will taper off early in the day, then becoming partly cloudy, cool, and breezy in the afternoon. Highs in the 50s to low 60s.

Overnight: Other than a few high clouds, skies will stay mostly clear. Low temperatures will become cooler with coastal temperatures in the near 40s and 20s-30s inland.

Friday: Chilly in the morning, then mostly sunny and seasonable. Highs in the upper 50s to low 60s. Breezy over the hills at times.

Extended: Expect mostly sunny skies into the weekend with chilly mornings and cool afternoons. Some warming expected through the weekend into early next week. A weather system will pass by on Tuesday with rain potential, but it is looking dryer at the moment.
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This week's normal temperatures:
--COASTAL CITIES--
LOW: 42ºF
HIGH: 60ºF

--INLAND CITIES--
LOW: 35ºF
HIGH: 62ºF

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-The outlook from the Climate Prediction Center for December 24^th – 30^th calls for the likelihood of ABOVE normal temperatures and BELOW normal precipitation. 
-El Niño/La Niña STATUS: Weak La Niña
-Forecast into Winter: La Niña Advisory

-Area drought status: Moderate drought for much of Santa Cruz & Santa Clara Counties and the far eastern side of San Benito County, Abnormally dry for all other areas.