Cool & Comfortable Weekend

Troughing on the West Coast will reinforce the cooling trend bringing a cooler air mass aloft and a deeper marine layer. As the marine layer deepens during the weekend, we may see some drizzle/light rain during early morning hours at coastal areas. You may want to grab that jacket if headed to the beach. We'll have a very gradual warmup as we start the work week and should be back to more seasonal temps late week.

AIR QUALITY: Good

Sunday: Expect some lingering clouds at the coast after am drizzle/fog. Some sunshine peeking through at coast and sunny elsewhere with temps staying on the cooler side. Highs coast in the 60s and 70s and 80s inland.

Monday: Clouds continue in the coastal communities with chance am drizzle/fog through the valleys too then clearing skies. Sunny inland with temps slightly warmer. Coastal highs in the 60s, and 70's and 80s mainly elsewhere.

Extended:  High pressure will try to move in and slowly rebuild next week, sending temps back upward but it will be very gradual. We should be getting back to more seasonal temps by 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: 55ºF
HIGH: 68ºF

--INLAND CITIES--
LOW: 53ºF
HIGH: 85ºF
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-The outlook from the Climate Prediction Center for August 2^nd – 8^th calls for the likelihood of ABOVE normal temperatures and ABOVE normal* precipitation.
*Note: little to no precipitation typically falls this time of year

- ENSO (El Niño/La Niña) STATUS: La Niña Watch
- ENSO Forecast: Transition to La Niña by late summer.
- Area drought status: Currently drought-free
- Monterey Bay Sea Surface Temperature* as of July 26^th: 59.1ºF
(Historic June AVG: 58.4ºF) -- *average of three buoys