Wednesday Rain Chance
A weak weather system moves in on Wednesday. High clouds thicken into Wednesday morning and then a weak frontal system will arrive and wash out around mid-day. A few light showers will be possible, but remain isolated.
Air Quality: Good
Overnight: Mostly cloudy with lows in the 40s. A few southern valleys may dip into the 30s. Can’t rule out a sprinkle or two, but generally dry conditions are expected. Light winds.
Wednesday: Mostly cloudy early with a chance of showers mainly around Monterey Bay and to the north around mid-day. Then, decreasing clouds. Slightly cooler with highs in the upper 50s to mid-60s. Breezy north-northwesterly winds late.
Thursday: Becoming mostly sunny. Warmer with breezy north-northwesterly winds--occasionally windy over the mountains. Highs in the upper 50s to upper 60s on the coast with 60s to around 70ºF inland.
Extended: High pressure will dominate our weather through the weekend, blocking storm systems off to the north. We’ll have occasional high clouds spilling through, but otherwise sunny conditions can be expected. Highs will be above normal through at least Tuesday and outside of a few cool mornings, lows should remain fairly seasonable through the period.
*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: 44ºF
HIGH: 61ºF
--INLAND CITIES--
LOW: 40ºF
HIGH: 63ºF
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-The outlook from the Climate Prediction Center for February 26th – March 4th calls for the likelihood of ABOVE normal temperatures and BELOW 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: Moderate drought for eastern San Benito County and far southeastern Monterey County. Abnormally dry for the remainder of the viewing area.
Monterey Bay Sea Surface Temperature as of February 19th 54.3ºF (avg of 8 buoys)
[February Avg. SST: 54.9ºF]
