Fewer Clouds

SALINAS, Calif. (KION) - Our stable summer pattern will continue into the weekend, though slightly warmer & sunnier conditions can be expected. Northwest winds will pick up a bit as well.  
   
Air Quality: Good to Moderate   
 
Overnight: Low clouds will be much slower to fill in and may not completely fill the bay by dawn.  So, expect partly to mostly cloudy conditions by daybreak with patchy fog. Can’t rule out a bit of drizzle in the hills on the south side of the bay. Lows in the upper 40s to low 50s on the coast and low 40s to around 50ºF inland.  
 
Thursday: Low clouds retreat to the coast by late morning and may completely clear for a brief period again. Expect highs in the low 60s to mid-70s on the coast—warmest on the north side of the bay—and upper 60s to upper 90s inland. Breezy onshore flow becoming windy up valleys late in the day.  
 
Friday: Another day of perhaps more limited low cloudcover. After a mostly cloudy start, expect mostly sunny conditions into the afternoon. Expect highs in the low 60s to mid-70s on the coast—warmest on the north side of the bay—and upper 60s to upper 90s inland. Gusty northwesterly onshore flow and windy up valleys late in the day.  
 
Extended: Persistent conditions continue for Saturday. Then, on Sunday, a trough will approach the West Coast. Temperatures will begin to cool (inland especially), which will be more noticeable on Monday and Tuesday. Then, high pressure rebuilds mid-week next week with hotter inland temps and perhaps eventually a more stable and cloudy marine layer.  
   
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This week's normal temperatures:    
--COASTAL CITIES--          
LOW: 51ºF              
HIGH: 67ºF 
       
--INLAND CITIES--               
LOW: 48ºF               
HIGH: 78ºF              
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The outlook from the Climate Prediction Center for June 19^th – 25^th calls for the likelihood of ABOVE normal temperatures and near normal precipitation, though little to no precipitation usually falls this time of year.      
 
- ENSO (El Niño/La Niña) STATUS: Neutral         
- ENSO Forecast: Neutral conditions persist through summer & possibly into next winter.        
 
-Area drought status: Abnormally dry for portions of southern San Benito and southeastern Monterey Counties. Drought-free for the remainder of the KION coverage area.         
 
-Monterey Bay Sea Surface Temperature as of June 12^th : 57.8ºF (avg. of 7 buoys) [Historic June Avg. SST: 56.7ºF]