Dry with Sunshine!

We get to dry out and enjoy some dry and sunny weather! We’ll get a nice pleasant break as a high pressure system builds in from the south. Temperatures will be warmer and above normal through the end of the week and even some coastal cities may see 70s! Rain looks to return this weekend, more in the extended forecast below.

AIR QUALITY: Good

Overnight: Cool, and mostly clear conditions. Patchy fog possible by daybreak especially in the valleys. Lows will drop back into the 40s for coastal locations, inland 30s to low 40s, while valleys will drop in the low 30s.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny and much warmer with light offshore winds highs in the mid-60s to low 70s for most areas.

Extended: Temperatures remain well above normal Thursday and Friday. Friday will be a transition day with clouds and southerly winds on the increase. A series of weather systems will then pass by Saturday into next week. At the moment, nothing is standing out as severe.

*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: 42ºF
HIGH: 59ºF

--INLAND CITIES--
LOW: 37ºF
HIGH: 60ºF
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-The outlook from the Climate Prediction Center for December 23^rd – 29^th calls for the likelihood of ABOVE 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 December 16^th : 55.1ºF (avg of 7 buoys) [December Average: 55.0ºF]