Slightly Warmer Sunday With More Clouds
Air quality updates will return when needed. Outside of fire or winter inversion seasons, our air quality is *rarely* anything but good to moderate.
Weather Story: Weak high pressure nudges in from the south through, but we will remain blocked up under northwesterly onshore flow. This will mean coastal areas will remain cool and partly cloudy through the weekend while inland areas will be mild and mostly sunny through the period. This difference should enhance our afternoon breezes for the inland valleys, summer-style.
Sunday: We will again see widespread low clouds and patchy fog in the morning. Low clouds will thin, but we could see more high clouds Sunday afternoon compared to days past. Just a touch warmer, at or near normal temperatures on the coast with highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s—warmest on the north side of the bay—and inland with highs in the 70s, with even a few 80s. Breezy conditions will be calmer along the coast, inland we could feel some gusts by the afternoon.
Overnight: Another round of low clouds overnight with patchy fog. Expect lows mostly in the 40s across the Central Coast, with a few mid 30s inland. Breezy throughout the night. Winds will start to calm by morning.
Extended: Our low cloud cycle will continue through the weekend, though the coverage may be a little smaller inland Sunday. Temperatures creep up a few degrees but will still be pretty close to normal for most areas. Throughout the week, temperatures will fluctuate very slightly. With mostly clear, dry conditions.
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This week's normal temperatures:
--COASTAL CITIES--
LOW: 46ºF
HIGH: 64ºF
--INLAND CITIES--
LOW: 41ºF
HIGH: 70ºF
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-The outlook from the Climate Prediction Center for April 16th – 22nd calls for the likelihood of ABOVE 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.
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