Slowly Warming
High pressure to our northwest will slowly sink southward and post up offshore for the remainder of the week. This will open the door for rain in the Pacific Northwest, but keep us mostly dry. With that said, we may catch the tail-end of several weather systems. The first will bring some wind on Wednesday, the next may bring us a chance for rain on Sunday.
Air Quality: GOOD
Overnight: Mostly clear with a few low clouds on the south/east sides of the bay. Cool, with lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s on the coast and upper 20s to 30s inland where frost is possible. Breezy over the hills at times.
Monday: Mostly sunny and warmer with highs in the 60s for most areas. Breezy over the hills and then in the lower elevations and coast during the afternoon.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny and seasonable on the coast with highs in the 60s, warmer inland with highs in the 60s to low 70s. Breezy at times.
Extended: Temperatures will continue to slowly climb through the rest of the week and into the weekend. Winds pick up on Wednesday as a system passes by to the north. Clouds increase this weekend with a chance of rain by Sunday.
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This week's normal temperatures:
--COASTAL CITIES--
LOW: 45ºF
HIGH: 63ºF
--INLAND CITIES--
LOW: 41ºF
HIGH: 67ºF
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-The outlook from the Climate Prediction Center for March 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 most of the viewing area southern Monterey County now reduced to “Moderate Drought”
