Trading the Fog for Some Light, Scattered Showers
WEATHER STORY
Friday, the tail end of a weak cold front slides in from the north. The front will bring some light rain to the region, but will favor northern and coastal areas later in the day. A slightly cooler and dryer air mass will eventually settle in for the weekend, but in the meantime, we may see more fog Saturday AM. The rest of the weekend is looking nice with seasonable, dry conditions. Two weak weather systems may impact our area next week but neither are looking all that interesting.
Friday: Increasing clouds with a chance of rain from afternoon into the evening. Rain chances will be higher farther north and closer to the coast. Rain will be light at best while some areas may only see a few sprinkles. Chances are very low for our southern inland valleys. Cooler, with highs in the upper 50s to low 60s.
Overnight: Patchy fog for the coast and valleys. Otherwise partly cloudy. Mild, with lows mainly in the 40s. A few southern valleys may dip into the upper 30s.
Saturday: The weekend will start off a bit cooler. Patchy morning fog, then becoming mostly sunny. Slightly cool with highs in the 50s to low 60s.
Sunday: Mostly sunny and warmer with highs in the upper 50s to 60s.
Extended: A weather system will make an approach from the southwest on Monday. Right now it looks like we’ll see an increase in clouds and maintenance of the mild air mass and maybe a big of coastal rain. Slightly warmer temperatures expected beyond Monday with the next weak system getting close to us on Thursday.
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This week's normal temperatures:
--COASTAL CITIES--
LOW: 42ºF
HIGH: 61ºF
--INLAND CITIES--
LOW: 37ºF
HIGH: 61ºF
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-The outlook from the Climate Prediction Center for January 14th – 20th calls for the likelihood of ABOVE normal temperatures and BELOW normal precipitation.
- El Niño/La Niña STATUS: La Niña Advisory
- Forecast into Winter: Weak La Niña
-Area drought status: “Severe Drought” for the entire viewing area with the far southeastern corner of Monterey County and far eastern San Benito County considered “Extreme Drought”
