Isolated Rain Chances
An area of low pressure will pass to our south on Friday, but it will push moisture up into our area in the process. Most of us will experience a few sprinkles, but light showers will be possible across southern Monterey/San Benito Counties Friday morning along with some showers over the inland hills Friday afternoon. Conditions will clear a bit this weekend with seasonably cool temperatures. Then, a weak system will pass by Monday. This system is trending dryer and rain may have to be removed from the forecast. High pressure builds in through mid-week next week with much warmer temperatures.
Overnight: Mostly cloudy with patchy coastal drizzle. A few showers possible mainly south of Monterey Bay. Lows in the upper 40s to low 50s in the coast and mainly 40s inland.
Friday: Partly cloudy and cool. A few showers and even a thunderstorm will be possible over the inland hills. Expect highs in the upper 50s to low 60s on the coast and 60s inland. Breezy at times for inland valleys and on the exposed coast.
*Beach Hazards*
Increased risk of sneaker waves and stronger than usual rip currents are expected for the immediate coast of Santa Cruz & Monterey Counties Friday morning through Friday evening.
Sneaker waves can knock unsuspecting beach goers over and into the sea. Rip currents can pull swimmers and surfers out to sea.
Please check with your local authorities on potential beach closures. Steep beaches will have a higher risk of sneaker wave and rip current activity with greater wave run-up onto beaches.
Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.
Saturday: Partly cloudy and seasonably cool with highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s on the coast and mid 60s to low 70s inland. Breezy at times for inland valleys and on the exposed coast.
Extended: Sunday will be very similar to Saturday sky cover & temperature-wise. A weather system will pass by on Monday. Initially, it looked like we’d see widespread rain, but it really just isn’t organizing all that well—so the trend has been much dryer. We will definitely warm up quite a bit by mid-week, however!
The outlook from the Climate Prediction Center for April 24th-30th calls for the likelihood of ABOVE normal temperatures and BELOW normal precipitation.
El Niño/La Niña STATUS: Neutral
Forecast into Summer: Neutral
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This week's normal temperatures:
--COASTAL CITIES--
LOW: 46ºF
HIGH: 64ºF
--INLAND CITIES--
LOW: 42ºF
HIGH: 72ºF
