End of Week Warm-up

High pressure will dominate our weather into the weekend. As it strengthens and moves closer, temperatures will slowly warm with most areas seeing their warmest readings on Friday. A deep trough will then dig in over the west. Being on the west side of this trough, we’ll remain dry. However, cold, brisk conditions can be expected Sunday through at least Tuesday.


Wednesday: Passing high clouds with a few low clouds over the hills. A touch warmer for most areas with highs in the low to mid 60s. The exception will be the Monterey Peninsula with brisk northwest winds and highs in the upper 50s. Most other exposed coastal areas and ridgetops will experience gusty north-northwest winds.

Overnight: A few low clouds near the coast with patchy fog. Expect coastal lows in the low to mid 40s with 30s to low 40s inland.

Thursday: A few low clouds near the coast, otherwise mostly sunny and warmer with highs in the 60s to around 70ºF. Still a bit breezy up high and on the exposed coast.
 
Extended: Friday is expected to be the warmest day in the next 7 with highs some 5-10ºF above normal across the board, all under mostly sunny skies. Slight cooling expected on Saturday as a dry cold front approaches from the north. The front will pass on Sunday with chilly, windy conditions behind it. Highs will drop into the 50s for most areas Sunday through Tuesday. Appreciable rainfall looks to be at least two weeks out.

The outlook from the Climate Prediction Center for February 5th – 11th calls for the likelihood of BELOW normal temperatures and BELOW normal precipitation.

El Niño/La Niña STATUS: Neutral
(Winter) Forecast: Neutral

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This week's normal temperatures:
--COASTAL CITIES--
LOW: 43ºF
HIGH: 60ºF

--INLAND CITIES--
LOW: 37ºF
HIGH: 62ºF