High Surf & Coastal Flood Alerts
Air Quality: GOOD to MODERATE for all reporting areas.
WEATHER STORY
A fairly quiet weather pattern will continue over the next week with seasonable weather punctuated by weak weather systems. The next will arrive on Friday, and another one will be possible this coming Monday.
**HIGH SURF ADVISORY**
… in effect until 6AM for north/west-facing beaches along the Central Coast and Monterey Bay.
-Large breaking waves of 16 to 22 feet with dangerous rip currents.
-Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion.
Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions.
*Beach Hazards*
… through late tonight for the north shore of Monterey Bay
-Breaking waves of 12 to 16 feet with dangerous rip currents.
-Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion.
Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions.
Overnight: Partly cloudy with patchy dense fog around the bay and into valley bottoms. Expect lows in the upper 40s to low 50s on the coast and mid 30s to upper 40s inland.
Wednesday: Partly cloudy on the coast and mostly sunny inland. Slightly warmer, with highs in the upper 50s to low 60s on the coast and mainly 60s inland.
Thursday: Patchy morning fog, then becoming partly cloudy on the coast and mostly sunny inland. Slightly warmer yet with highs in the upper 50s to low 60s on the coast and mainly 60s inland.
Extended: The next weather system arrives on Friday with mainly light rain as an impact. Rain chances will be higher in the north and closer to the coast. Expect a dry weekend before another system gets close to us early next week. Latest model runs are keeping the system offshore, so rain chances are low but still worth watching. In the meantime, expect seasonable to slightly warm temperatures.
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This week's normal temperatures:
--COASTAL CITIES--
LOW: 42ºF
HIGH: 61ºF
--INLAND CITIES--
LOW: 37ºF
HIGH: 61ºF
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-The outlook from the Climate Prediction Center for January 12th – 18th calls for the likelihood of ABOVE normal temperatures and BELOW normal precipitation.
- El Niño/La Niña STATUS: La Niña Advisory
- Forecast into Winter: Weak La Niña
-Area drought status: “Severe Drought” for the entire viewing area with the far southeastern corner of Monterey County and far eastern San Benito County considered “Extreme Drought”
