Seasonable Sunday

Your forecast for Monterey, Santa Cruz, San Benito, and southern Santa Clara Counties…

A weak trough will keep temperatures seasonable through the weekend, but some warming is expected by Tuesday as a ridge nudges in from the west.

AIR QUALITY: Good to Moderate

Sunday: Mostly sunny with a few low clouds on the coast and a few high clouds passing through. Coastal highs in the 60s to around 70ºF and mainly 70s and 80s inland. Westerly onshore and up-valley winds of 10-20mph.

Monday: Slightly cooler on the coast with lingering low clouds and highs mainly in the upper 50s to 60s. 70s-80s inland.

Extended: Temperatures warm up both on the coast and inland Tuesday with 60s-70s on the coast and 70s to 90s inland. Temperatures will then dip a bit through mid-week but remain close to seasonal normals.

*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: 51ºF
HIGH: 67ºF

--INLAND CITIES--
LOW: 48ºF
HIGH: 79ºF
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-The outlook from the Climate Prediction Center for June 17^th – 23^rd calls for the likelihood of ABOVE 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 soon and then to La Niña by summer.
- Area drought status: Currently drought-free- Monterey Bay Sea Surface Temperature* as of June 9^th : 55.9ºF
(Historic June AVG: 56.7ºF)
*average of three buoys