Warm Weather Ahead
Air Quality (as of 11:30AM):
Good to Moderate for all reporting stations.
Weather Story: The weekend started with some light showers and gray skies. By noon skies started to clear, but temperatures remained cool. Most of the Central Coast locations saw breezy conditions throughout the day. Sunday is the start of a nice warm up that will stick around most of next week.
Sunday: Mostly sunny and warmer with highs mainly in the 60s.
Overnight: Clear, with temperatures along the coast in the 40s. Inland mid to upper 30s.
Extended: Even warmer weather expected on Monday with 70s returning to many areas, especially inland. Temperatures will cool down mid-week but stay seasonable. No precipitation expected in the next 7 days.
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This week's normal temperatures:
--COASTAL CITIES--
LOW: 44ºF
HIGH: 61ºF
--INLAND CITIES--
LOW: 38ºF
HIGH: 63ºF
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-The outlook from the Climate Prediction Center for February 24th – March 2nd calls for the likelihood of BELOW normal temperatures and BELOW normal precipitation.
-El Niño/La Niña STATUS: Weak La Niña
-Forecast into Summer: Neutral
-Area drought status: Abnormally dry for most of the viewing area, moderate drought for most of Santa Clara County outside of the Santa Cruz Mountains and the northeastern sections of San Benito County.
