Eying The Next Storm
Air Quality Report (As of 5:30pm)
Good for all reporting areas.
Weather Story: The next weather system remains stalled to our north at the moment. In the meantime, expect mild to slightly cool conditions with periods of high cloudcover. Rain will begin to move in Monday evening and should pass through by mid-day Tuesday. High pressure will rebuild in after, ushering an extended period of warmer, dryer weather.
Overnight: Scattered high clouds. Seasonable with coastal lows in the low to mid 40s with mid 30s to low 40s inland.
Monday: Partly cloudy with passing high clouds and clouds building in the coastal hills. Temperatures will be fairly seasonable with highs in the upper 50s to low 60s. Southerly winds increase throughout the day. A few sprinkles possible in the coastal mountains starting in the afternoon, then light rain beginning late.
Tuesday: A slow-moving cold front will bring light to moderate rain to the region early in the morning with isolated showers lingering into the afternoon. Breezy at times. Highs will be seasonable with most areas in the upper 50s to low 60s.
Extended: A trailing system will brush by on Wednesday with a tiny chance of an isolated shower, otherwise dry conditions are expected to return for the first week and a half of February or so. Temperatures will drop below normal Wednesday/Thursday, return to seasonal norms by Friday, then head above with widespread 60s to low 70s starting next weekend.
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This week's normal temperatures:
--COASTAL CITIES--
LOW: 43ºF
HIGH: 61ºF
--INLAND CITIES--
LOW: 38ºF
HIGH: 63ºF
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-The outlook from the Climate Prediction Center for February 8th – 14th calls for the likelihood of BELOW normal temperatures and BELOW normal precipitation.
-El Niño/La Niña STATUS: Moderate La Niña
-Forecast into Winter: La Niña Advisory
-Area drought status: Moderate drought most of our viewing area. A small slice of southeastern Santa Clara and northeastern San Benito Counties are considered to be in Severe Drought.
