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Watching End Of Week Rain Chances

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Cool conditions will continue for the next couple of days with marine layer clouds and light onshore flow. The blocking ridge of high pressure that has stopped rain from reaching the California Coast for the entire month is finally breaking down, however, and by Friday rain will return. More in the extended section below.

Air Quality: Good to Moderate

***FREEZE WARNING***
…for the higher terrain and southern valleys of Monterey & San Benito Counties and the Diablo Range in Santa Clara County in effect from 1AM Wednesday until 9AM Wednesday and then a FREEZE WATCH for the same area Thursday morning.

*For the Freeze Warning, sub-freezing temperatures as low as 28 expected. For the Freeze Watch, sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30 possible.

*Cold conditions will be hazardous to sensitive populations such as unhoused individuals. Cold Conditions can lead to hypothermia with prolonged exposure. Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

To prevent water pipes from freezing; wrap or drain or allow them to drip slowly.

**FROST ADVISORY**
…for the lower elevation valleys of Monterey, San Benito, and South Santa Clara Counties in effect from 1AM Wednesday until 9AM Wednesday and a FREEZE WATCH for the same areas Thursday morning.

*For the Frost Advisory, temperatures as low as 34 will result in frost formation. For the Freeze Watch, near-freezing temperatures as low as 32 possible.

*Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. Cold conditions will be hazardous to sensitive populations such as unhoused individuals. Cold Conditions can lead to hypothermia with prolonged exposure.

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

To prevent water pipes from freezing; wrap or drain or allow them to drip slowly.

Overnight: Low clouds slowly fill in around the coast and over the major valleys with occasional partial clearing. Lows in the upper 30s to mid-40s on the coast, but 20s to low 30s for clear inland areas. Light winds.

Wednesday: Becoming partly cloudy on the coast and mostly sunny inland. Light winds for most areas, but winds will increase up valleys during the afternoon. Cool, with highs in the 50s on the coast and 50s to around 60ºF inland.

*FREEZE WATCH*
…for coastal Monterey County, coastal Santa Cruz County except the “north coast” and the Santa Cruz Mountains in effect from late Wednesday night through Thursday morning.

*Near-freezing temperatures as low as 32 possible.

*Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
 
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

To prevent water pipes from freezing; wrap or drain or allow them to drip slowly.


Thursday: Low clouds linger on the coast early Thursday, the high clouds will begin to increase into the afternoon. Clouds will keep temps down again with most areas only topping out in the 50s. Light winds.

Extended: Rain arrives on Friday as a frontal boundary reaches the coast. Right now, it appears rain will arrive in the afternoon, though a few models are earlier. Ultimately, the front is likely to stall nearby and lose its upper level support as the associated atmospheric river buckles back northward for the weekend. We may remain on the edge of it, however, which would keep the rain machine going. Eventually, the entire system will push through, but it could happen anywhere between Monday and Wednesday.

*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: 43ºF
HIGH: 61ºF

--INLAND CITIES--
LOW: 38ºF
HIGH: 62ºF
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-The outlook from the Climate Prediction Center for February 5th – 11th calls for the likelihood of BELOW normal temperatures and ABOVE normal precipitation.


- ENSO (El Niño/La Niña) STATUS: 
La Niña Advisory
- ENSO Forecast: La Niña persists into spring, then transitions to neutral by summer.
- Area drought status: Abnormally dry across the KION coverage area
- Monterey Bay Sea Surface Temperature as of January 29th : 53.1ºF (avg of 7 buoys) [January Average: 54.7ºF]

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