Tracking More Unsettled Weather

SALINAS, Calif. (KION) – Unsettled weather will continue for the next few days. A large scale area of low pressure to our north will continue to send fast-moving disturbances our way, each capable of producing rounds of showers and gusty winds. Several rounds will move through on Monday, one overnight and another mid to late afternoon with additional chance into Tuesday.

Air Quality: Good

Overnight: A few showers in the coastal mountains early, then mostly cloudy with scattered showers across the Monterey Bay Area. Gusty southerly winds slowly easing. Lows in the low 50s on the coast and mid 40s to low 50s inland.

Monday: Mostly cloudy with rounds of showers early, then becoming partly cloudy with only isolated showers into early afternoon. Shower activity picks up again mid to late afternoon and into the early evening. Westerly winds becoming stronger (and cooler!). Temperatures will be cooler overall with highs in the upper 50s to low 60s on the coast and a few mid 60s for the Salinas Valley.

Tuesday: Partly cloudy with scattered showers. Slight chance for a thunderstorm. Cool with gusty northwesterly winds at times. Highs in the 50s.

Extended: A few showers may linger on the coast Wednesday morning, then there’s a slight chance of showers over the inland mountains Wednesday afternoon. Cool, windy conditions continue. We’ll be drier on Thursday but a few models continue to show a slight chance for showers. By Friday, we’ll be dry for sure and as high pressure builds in, highs return to normal—then above for the weekend!

*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: 64ºF

--INLAND CITIES--
LOW: 41ºF
HIGH: 69ºF
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-The outlook from the Climate Prediction Center for April 7^th – 13^th calls for the likelihood of ABOVE normal temperatures and near normal precipitation.
- ENSO (El Niño/La Niña) STATUS: La Niña Advisory
- ENSO Forecast: Neutral conditions expected by April and then to persist into summer
- Area drought status: Moderate drought for far southeastern Monterey County. Abnormally dry for southeastern Monterey County and eastern San Benito County. Drought-free for the remainder of the KION coverage area. Monterey Bay Sea Surface Temperature as of March 31^st : 54.7ºF (avg. of 7 buoys)
[Historic March Avg. SST: 55.3ºF]