Changes Are Brewing!

Friday will bring more clouds, gusty winds with rain chances, especially by dinner time. A cold front will sweep through and bring rain showers along isolated thunderstorms overnight into Saturday. The weekend will stay unsettled but showers should taper off later Sunday afternoon. Temps will be much cooler and most areas will struggle to reach 60 degrees over the weekend. Grab that warm coat and umbrella!

AIR QUALITY: Good

Overnight: Partly to mostly cloudy conditions. Patchy fog possible by morning. Lows will be slightly warmer with mainly mid 40s to low 50s at the coast, upper 30s to mid 40s inland. 

Friday: Some drizzle/light rain possible in the coastal mountains starting in the afternoon. Widespread rain will then move from northwest to southeast across the area through the evening. Some rain-shadowed valleys may not see much precipitation. There is some potential for a narrow cold frontal rain band to develop which could lead to brief downpours and wind gusts mainly for coastal areas. Otherwise, winds could be gusty along and ahead of the front. Highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s on the coast and mid 60s to low 70s inland.

Saturday: Cloudy with scattered showers and possibly a thunderstorm, with some gusty winds. Highs will be noticeably cooler in the upper 50s to low 60s.

Extended: Showers will probably linger into early Sunday, though increased afternoon sunshine may bump temps up a bit. Drier weather expected through Tuesday and then more rain chances mid week. Temps will be slow to warm back up.

*Note: Any alerts from the National Weather Service in Monterey will be noted in italics above. Alerts may be edited for brevity or local clarification (in parenthesis).
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This week's normal temperatures:
--COASTAL CITIES--
LOW: 45ºF
HIGH: 63ºF

--INLAND CITIES--
LOW: 41ºF
HIGH: 68ºF
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-The outlook from the Climate Prediction Center for March 28^th – April 3^rd calls for the likelihood of BELOW normal temperatures and ABOVE normal precipitation.

- ENSO (El Niño/La Niña) STATUS: El Niño Advisory, La Niña Watch
- ENSO Forecast: Transition from El Niño to neutral by Spring and then to La Niña by summer.
-Area drought status: Currently drought-free