Windy with Light Rain Chances

Ending the work week seasonably cool, cloudy, and damp. The moist onshore flow will continue to bring bouts of drizzle to the coast and coastal mountains. Thanks to a wind shift, west-northwest winds, clouds will now favor the southern and eastern portions of the Monterey Bay, near coastal cities, and perhaps even the northern part of the Salinas Valley, along with the chance of drizzle.  A weak cold front will bring the Central Coast the chance of heavier drizzle and a few more light isolated showers into early Friday. Meanwhile, northwest winds will be gusty Friday. The sun will eventually break through with a sunny weekend ahead! Check out the extended forecast below.

AIR QUALITY: Good

Overnight: Partly cloudy becoming mostly cloudy. Cooler lows in the mid to upper 40s inland, upper 40s to low 50s at the coast. Chance of heavy drizzle/ isolated showers into sunrise. Northwest winds will ease overnight but still breezy, gusty at times.

Friday: Morning clouds and possible drizzle with more sunshine breaking through in the afternoon. Still a chance of a shower or two. Northwest winds will turn gusty. Highs will still be on the cool side mainly in the low to mid 60s.

Saturday: Dry with plenty of sunshine, slight chance of a few lingering light showers early in the am, with temps still unseasonal in the low 60s coastal and mid to upper 60s inland. Winds remaining breezy.

Extended: Sunny skies for the weekend. Gusty northwest winds will continue through the weekend and into early next week, temperatures will warm back to normal and conditions should remain dry.

*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: 47ºF
HIGH: 64ºF

--INLAND CITIES--
LOW: 42ºF
HIGH: 71ºF
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-The outlook from the Climate Prediction Center for May 2^nd - 8^th 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