Warm Friday, Cold By Sunday

High pressure will strengthen over us into the weekend, sending temperatures upward. Most areas will see their warmest readings on Friday with a few spots in the south seeing theirs on Saturday. A powerful trough of low pressure will then drop in over the Western U.S. While we’ll be on the dry side of it, a few isolated showers may be possible on Sunday as the associated cold front passes through. The bigger impacts will be gusty winds and chilly temperatures, however. In fact, morning lows Monday and especially Tuesday will be very frosty!! Some temperatures recovery expected through mid-week.

Friday: Mostly sunny and much warmer with mid 60s to low 70s on the coast and low to mid 70s inland.

Overnight: Low clouds will try to fill in across the bay overnight, with patchy fog possible. Expect coastal lows in the low to mid 40s with 30s to low 40s inland.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, but a bit cooler in the north and on the coast with highs mainly in the 60s, however southern inland areas will likely remain in the 70s.

Extended: A cold front will pass on Sunday with chilly, windy conditions behind it. An isolated rain shower or two will be possible, but rain will not be widespread. Highs will drop into the 50s for most areas Sunday through Wednesday and lows will be very chilly Monday through Wednesday mornings. Plan for frost, even up to coastal cities!. Appreciable rainfall looks to be at least two weeks out.

The outlook from the Climate Prediction Center for February 7th – 13th 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