Grab Your Jackets, It’s Cooling Down!

More clouds around with light rain chances through today. Much of the light rain will taper off overnight with slight chance for a lingering shower early today. Any thunder is expected to stay north of San Francisco. Low stratus clouds and patchy dense fog at coast and valleys through midday. Winds will turn gusty today with gradual clearing skies. Sunshine Wednesday with much cooler weather especially inland. High pressure will move in and bring drier but cooler air into the region for Wednesday and Thursday. Highs will begin a downward trend and will be below normal for most of the week. Lows will dip into the low to mid 40s areawide and even the 30s inland with patchy frost possible mid week. Wednesday looks to be the coldest day. Thursday will be dry with sunshine and increasing clouds late ahead of another weak system. Rain may be back in the forecast by Friday.

*Gale Watch*

* FOR...Northwest winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts up to
35 kt and seas 9 to 11 ft possible.

* WHERE...Coastal Waters from Point Pinos to Point Piedras
Blancas California out to 10 nm.

* WHEN...from Tuesday afternoon through
Tuesday evening.

* IMPACTS...Strong winds can cause hazardous seas which could
capsize or damage vessels and reduce visibility.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Mariners should consider altering plans to avoid possible
hazardous conditions. Remain in port, seek safe harbor, alter
course, and/or secure the vessel for severe wind and seas.

AIR QUALITY: GOOD

Overnight: Clear with lows in the 40s on the coast and inland. Winds will calm down.

Wednesday: Sunny and dry with cooler temps. Lows will dip into low 40s and even 30s inland. Patchy frost possible in some spots.

Extended: Thursday will start out sunny with increasing clouds late in the day. Rain chances returning by Friday. Temps turning colder, especially at night through much of next week. Stay tuned for any possible freeze/frost alerts.
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This week's normal temperatures:
--COASTAL CITIES--
LOW: 48ºF
HIGH: 68ºF

--INLAND CITIES--
LOW: 43ºF
HIGH: 74ºF
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-The outlook from the Climate Prediction Center for November 10^th – 16^th calls for the likelihood of ABOVE normal temperatures and ABOVE normal precipitation.

- ENSO (El Niño/La Niña) STATUS: El Niño Advisory
- ENSO Forecast: Strong to Very Strong El Niño expected this winter.