Staying Pleasant

This stretch of nice weather will continue into the work and school week. Some low stratus clouds will fill back in around the bay and coastal communities with a marine layer, early morning drizzle and fog possible overnight into the morning hours. Fog possible in the valleys as well. Temps will stay at or slightly above normal. Our overall weather pattern continues to bring a deeper marine layer, pleasant temps, coastal drizzle for some areas along with gusty winds. By midweek, temps will cool down some.

AIR QUALITY: Good to Moderate

Overnight: Some patchy fog and increasing low stratus clouds fill back in at coast and spreading into the valleys with drizzle/fog possible. Lows in the mid to upper 50s.

Monday: AM clouds, drizzle with sunny skies and by afternoon. Breezy and mild with highs in the mid to upper 60s coastal and 70s into the 90's for inland areas.

Extended: Temps will stay seasonal with a slight warming trend into next week. The weekend pattern will allow more of a marine layer and light precipitation along the coast with drizzle/mist as well as windy conditions. We'll begin to see a cooldown by midweek.

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This week's normal temperatures:
--COASTAL CITIES--
LOW: 55ºF
HIGH: 69ºF

--INLAND CITIES--
LOW: 53ºF
HIGH: 85ºF
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-The outlook from the Climate Prediction Center for August 18^th – 22^th calls for the likelihood of BELOW normal temperatures and NEAR normal* precipitation.
*Note: little to no precipitation typically falls this time of year

- ENSO (El Niño/La Niña) STATUS: La Niña Watch
- ENSO Forecast: Transition to La Niña by late summer.
- Area drought status: Currently drought-free
- Monterey Bay Sea Surface Temperature* as of August 12^th: 55.7ºF
(Historic August AVG: 59.6ºF) -- *average of six buoys