Warm days continue, slight chance of rain ahead

High pressure kept our skies cloud-free on Wednesday, with above normal high temperatures.

A closed low pressure system will develop off the coast on Thursday and move eastward over Central and Southern California Friday and Saturday. There will be a chance of rain late Friday and early Saturday, generally south of Monterey Bay. Rainfall amounts will be light.

After the system moves through, high pressure and dry weather will return.

Overnight: A few high clouds overnight, with patchy low clouds developing after 3 a.m. Expect coastal lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s, with mid and upper 30s inland.

Thursday: Partly cloudy with mixed mid to high level clouds. Otherwise, mild with coastal highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s and 60s to low 70s inland.

Extended: A cut-off low pressure system will slowly pass by to our south Friday into Saturday. Temperatures will remain fairly consistent with previous days, but it will also throw a few extra clouds our way. There is also the chance of a light shower or two late Friday into Saturday. High pressure then reasserts its dominance into next week with cool lows and warm highs. The transition period on Sunday/Monday may be a little cooler and breezy, however.

The outlook from the Climate Prediction Center for February 26th – March 3rd calls for the likelihood of BELOW normal temperatures and BELOW normal precipitation.

El Niño/La Niña STATUS: Neutral
Forecast into Summer: Neutral

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This week's normal temperatures:
--COASTAL CITIES--
LOW: 44ºF
HIGH: 61ºF

--INLAND CITIES--
LOW: 40ºF
HIGH: 64ºF