Heat On The Horizon

You know when you’re like several days away from vacation but you still have a lot of work to do before you go? That’s what the weather is like right now. We will remain in this mundane, cool pattern for a few more days before a big ridge of high pressure takes over West Coast weather. The slowly compressing marine layer will keep a stable layer of clouds on the coast and an increasing chance of fog in the forecast. As the ridge settles in late in the week, inland temperatures will soar into the 80s-90s—and in some cases 100s. Flow will remain onshore at the coast, however, which will keep temperatures more seasonable. At the moment, it’s looking mostly like upper 60s-70s, which is an improvement over the low 60s we’ve been experiencing for months now, but still not hot. As many people may be recreating inland this coming weekend, prepare for the hot weather.

AIR QUALITY: Good

Overnight: Low clouds for the coast and inland valleys with patchy drizzle on the south/east sides of the bay. Expect lows in the 50s for most areas with a few upper 40s in the southern valleys.
Tuesday: Mostly cloudy on the coast with scattered high and low clouds. Highs in the upper 50s to 60s. Partly cloudy inland with scattered high clouds and highs in the upper 60s to low 80s. Northwesterly onshore winds could get gusty in the valleys at times later in the day.

Wednesday: Low clouds in the morning, then partly cloudy on the coast and mostly sunny inland. Expect coastal highs in the 60s to around 70ºF with upper 60s to upper 80s inland. Breezy northwesterly onshore winds at the coast becoming strong for inland valleys in the afternoon.  

Extended: The ridge will assert a stronger influence by Thursday when highs are expected to return to or exceed normal! … and then go even higher Friday and Saturday! The hottest temperatures of the year so far can be expected inland, but the coast will be (warmer, but) moderated by onshore flow.

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This week's normal temperatures:
--COASTAL CITIES--
LOW: 53ºF
HIGH: 69ºF

--INLAND CITIES--
LOW: 51ºF
HIGH: 85ºF
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-The outlook from the Climate Prediction Center for July 4^th - 10^th calls for the likelihood of near normal temperatures and near normal precipitation. Note: Little to no precipitation typically falls this time of year.

- El Niño/La Niña STATUS: El Niño Advisory
- Forecast: El Niño developing this summer.
-Area drought status: Currently drought-free