Wet Wednesday
A weather system moves through overnight into Wednesday with light to moderate rain and breezy conditions. It will impact the morning commute with wet roads and reduced visibility. Showers taper off into the afternoon, though a chance for isolated showers or drizzle exists into early Thursday morning. High pressure will then nudge in from the southwest through the weekend. With that said, high moisture will stream over the ridge and us in the form of high clouds. One disturbance passing Saturday may dig south enough to give us some light precip in the north, but this is a lower probability event at the moment.
AIR QUALITY: Good
Overnight: Mostly cloudy with rounds of light to moderate showers moving in from the northwest. Breezy at times. Lows in the upper 40s to low 50s.
Wednesday: Rounds of light to moderate showers early in the day, then becoming more isolated in the afternoon. Mostly cloudy, cool, and breezy with highs in the 50s.
Thursday: A few sprinkles may linger into the morning with partly cloudy, dry conditions for the rest of the day. Slightly warmer with highs in the upper 50s to low 60s.
Extended: The warming trend will continue on Friday and then pause on Saturday as a system passes by to our north. There is a slight chance of rain in the north, but it is very slight at this moment. Even warmer weather arrives Sunday through Tuesday with highs approaching 10ºF above normal. Then, as we move into the first week of February, there is increasing potential for a very wet & stormy pattern to unfold. Stay tuned!
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This week's normal temperatures:
--COASTAL CITIES--
LOW: 43ºF
HIGH: 61ºF
--INLAND CITIES--
LOW: 38ºF
HIGH: 62ºF
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-The outlook from the Climate Prediction Center for January 31st – February 6th calls for the likelihood of near normal temperatures and ABOVE normal precipitation.
- ENSO (El Niño/La Niña) STATUS: El Niño Advisory
- ENSO Forecast: Strong to Very Strong El Niño expected this winter.
-Area drought status: Currently drought-free
