A Short Warm & Dry Stretch
High pressure builds in across the West Coast as we head into the first few days of April. Already early this morning, dry air is pushing the remnant clouds from Sunday’s showers & thunderstorms out of the region. Temperatures will push above normal on Monday under mostly sunny skies—though there is a slight chance for a shower over the southeastern mountains. We’ll see even warmer readings on Tuesday! The warming trend then comes to a crashing halt on Wednesday as a dry cold front ushers in a much cooler air mass with a round of gusty northwesterly winds. We won’t be dry for long, however… see the extended forecast below.
AIR QUALITY: Good
Overnight: Decreasing clouds with a few light showers over southern Monterey County early and ending by around 3AM. Patchy valley fog. Low sin the 40s for most areas.
Monday: Mostly sunny with cumulus buildup over the hills. There is a slight chance for a shower over the southeastern hills/mountains. Otherwise, warmer, with highs in the 60s on the coast and upper 60s to low 70s inland. Breezy westerly onshore winds around the rivermouths and into the valleys in the afternoon.
Tuesday: Sunny and warmer. Highs in the mid 60s to low 70s on the coast and widespread 70s inland. Breezy westerly onshore winds around the rivermouths and into the valleys in the afternoon.
Extended: A dry cold front will move through on Wednesday, cooling us down and adding some clouds to the forecast, but we’ll remain dry at least for a while.. The low, moving down the coast will tap enough moisture to bring showers to the region Thursday/Friday. There will be some instability, so there will also be a slight chance of thunderstorms. Additionally, it will be cold enough for snow in the mountains. Snow levels are hard to pin at this moment, but it’s possible they’ll be as low as 3,000ft. Trailing systems may bring additional showers to the region next weekend.
*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: 46ºF
HIGH: 64ºF
--INLAND CITIES--
LOW: 41ºF
HIGH: 69ºF
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-The outlook from the Climate Prediction Center for April 8th – 14th calls for the likelihood of near normal temperatures and near 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
