Seasonal Transition
Tranquil weather will return for the next few days as light northwest flow ensues. The overall pattern will remain active, however, with the next trough digging down the West Coast out of the weekend. The first system will push through on Monday and it is starting to look more likely that we’ll see some light rain from it. Another may follow on Wednesday.
AIR QUALITY: Good
Overnight: Partly cloudy with decreasing winds into Thursday morning with a slight chance of drizzle/sprinkles on the south/west sides of the bay and up into the hills from there. Lows in the 50s for most areas with a few 40s for higher, sheltered inland valleys.
Thursday: Becoming mostly sunny and breezy in the afternoon and warmer with coastal highs in the mid 60s to upper 70s and upper 70s to upper 80s inland. Windy up valleys late in the day.
Friday: Mostly sunny and even warmer with 60s to around 80ºF on the coast—warmest on the north side of the bay—and upper 70s to low 90s inland. Windy up valleys late in the day.
Extended: Seasonable to slightly cool into the weekend with partly cloudy skies. Winds pick up a bit on Sunday ahead of a weather system that may bring some light rain to the region early Monday. Another system pushes through mid-week.
*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
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This week's normal temperatures:
--COASTAL CITIES--
LOW: 55ºF
HIGH: 71ºF
--INLAND CITIES--
LOW: 52ºF
HIGH: 86ºF
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-The outlook from the Climate Prediction Center for September 19th – 25th calls for the likelihood of BELOW normal temperatures and near normal precipitation.
- ENSO (El Niño/La Niña) STATUS: La Niña Watch
- ENSO Forecast: Transition to La Niña into the fall.
- Area drought status: Currently drought-free
- Monterey Bay Sea Surface Temperature* as of September 12th: 59.7ºF
(Historic Sep AVG near Monterey: 59.6ºF) -- *average of six buoys
