Shower & Storm Threat Ending
An upper level is moving by to our south today, pushing moisture back in across the KION coverage area from the south and east. A few more showers and thunderstorms will be possible, especially across the south. The low will move on by Friday, returning us to tranquil weather… see more in the extended forecast.
AIR QUALITY: Good
Rest of Thursday: Mostly cloudy around the bay with a few sprinkles possible. Elsewhere, partly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms possible south and east of the Monterey Bay Area. Temps in the 60s near the coast, 70s inland. Windy up-valleys late in the day.
Overnight: Low clouds for the coast and nearby valleys with patchy fog & drizzle. Partly cloudy elsewhere with shower chances ending in the south. Lows in the 50s for most areas.
Friday: Remaining partly to mostly cloudy on the coast with somewhat cool temperatures—mainly 60s. Warming inland with 70s-80s under mostly sunny skies.
Extended: Building high pressure will send temperatures upward into the weekend. In fact, light offshore flow aloft through the weekend should yield high temperatures anywhere from 10-20ºF above normal with some coastal cities reaching the 80s and perhaps even 90s on Monday. We’ll begin to cool back down by 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 26th – October 2nd calls for the likelihood of ABOVE normal temperatures and near normal precipitation.
- ENSO (El Niño/La Niña) STATUS: La Niña Watch
- ENSO Forecast: Transition to La Niña into the fall and persist through the winter months.
- Area drought status: Abnormally dry for areas around Monterey Bay northward. Drought-free elsewhere.
- Monterey Bay Sea Surface Temperature* as of September 19th: 58.1ºF
(Historic Sep AVG near Monterey: 59.6ºF) -- *average of 7 buoys
