Rain Returns Monday

Rain returns to our area on Monday as a cold front moves through the region. Patchy drizzle will be possible early then light to moderate rain with occasionally gusty winds can be expected from late morning into the early afternoon. Cool temperatures follow and stick with us for the rest of the week—which is looking rather unsettled!

AIR QUALITY: Good to Moderate

Overnight: Increasing low clouds with patchy drizzle possible around the bay, especially toward dawn. Lows in the 40s to low 50s on the coast and mid-30s to mid-40s inland.

Monday – Veterans Day: Mostly cloudy early with patchy coastal drizzle bordering on light rain in some areas. Then, briefly partly cloudy before a cold front brings light to moderate rain and occasionally gusty winds through the Monterey Bay area from late morning into the early afternoon. Then, partial clearing around the bay with showers moving out of our region to the south by late afternoon. Highs in the mid-50s to mid-60s—warmest in the south. Southerly winds increase and become a bit gusty then switch to more westerly with frontal passage.

Tuesday: Patchy fog early. Then, partly cloudy with up-valley winds in the afternoon. Cool, with highs in the upper 50s to mid-60s.
 
Extended: Temperatures remain cool into Wednesday and by evening, the next weather system arrives. It will bring a chance for (mainly) light rain into Thursday morning. Temps stay cool through the end of the week with another possible system on Friday into Saturday.

*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: 46ºF
HIGH: 66ºF

--INLAND CITIES--
LOW: 41ºF
HIGH: 69ºF
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-The outlook from the Climate Prediction Center for November 18^th – 24^th calls for the likelihood of BELOW normal temperatures and ABOVE 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 November 11^th : 53.8ºF (avg of 7 buoys) [November Average: 56.6ºF]