Drying Out, But Cold Nights

Cool air will linger over the Central Coast through the weekend and dying weather system may bring an isolated shower or two in to Sunday, but otherwise, conditions will slowly improve with plenty of sun sneaking through. High pressure builds in for the work week, sending temperatures back above normal!

AIR QUALITY: Good for all areas except Moderate for Carmel Valley as of 1PM

Saturday: Mostly sunny over the coast and partly cloudy inland. Breezy northwesterly winds and just a touch warmer with highs in the 50s to around 60ºF.

Overnight Mostly clear and chilly with lows in the upper 30s to low 40s on the coast and widespread 30s inland.

Sunday: Partly cloudy with an isolated shower possible—most of us will stay dry. Highs in the 50s to low 60s.

Extended:. We’ll then slowly warm into the work week with highs returning to above normal levels by Tuesday and staying there through the end of the week! Get ready for 70s and even a few inland 80s!

*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 14^th – 20^th calls for the likelihood of ABOVE normal temperatures and BELOW 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