Cooler Saturday
A passing trough will deepen the marine layer into Saturday with cooler temperatures and low clouds hanging around the coast. Temps will rise again starting Sunday and peaking Monday/Tuesday, getting even warmer with triple digit heat possible inland. The heat and drier air will bring back fire weather concerns and possible risk of heat related illness for some inland hot spots.
AIR QUALITY: Good to Moderate
Overnight: Low clouds/fog returning to coastal areas. Lows in the 50s for most areas.
Saturday: Partly cloudy on the coast and sunny inland. Cooler and more seasonal with highs in the low to upper 60s coastal and upper 60s to 80s inland. Breezy in the valleys.
Extended: Next week a very strong ridge of high pressure builds in from the west with temperatures aloft rivaling that of what we can see mid-summer. So far, areas inland could be looking at widespread 100s inland and even upper 80s-90s toward the coast.
*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 October 3rd - 9th calls for the likelihood of ABOVE normal temperatures and BELOW 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 24th : 58.7ºF
(Historic Sep AVG near Monterey: 59.6ºF) -- *average of 7 buoys
