Cool and Damp Thursday

Showers will ramp back up by early afternoon. Light, isolated showers near the coast and coastal mountains. With convective showers possible for interior mountain ranges. A cold, blustery air mass will continue to push in on Thursday before slowly moderating into Friday. Snow levels will continue to be low at around 3,500 ft. High pressure will build in for the weekend, sending temperatures back to normal. Dry conditions will take over on Friday and last through at least next Wednesday.

AIR QUALITY: Good

Thursday: Partly cloudy with scattered showers (snow levels 3,500ft). Cool and breezy with highs in the 50s.

Overnight: Mostly clear with a few clouds over the hills. Lows will be chilly, upper 30s to low 40s at the coast. Mainly 30s inland with a few 20s for peaks and sheltered valleys. Patchy frost for interior valleys and areas of fog possible by dawn.

Friday: Mostly sunny to partly cloudy. Slightly warmer with highs in the upper 50s to around 60ºF.

Extended:  We’ll be dry and seasonable through the weekend and into early next week with mostly sunny to partly cloudy skies. We are watching a system toward the end of next week that could bring some light rain to the area. Stormy weather returns around February 18^th.

*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 (in parenthesis) 

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This week's normal temperatures:
--COASTAL CITIES--
LOW: 44ºF
HIGH: 61ºF

--INLAND CITIES--
LOW: 39ºF
HIGH: 62ºF
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-The outlook from the Climate Prediction Center for February 15^th – 21^st calls for the likelihood of ABOVE normal temperatures and ABOVE normal precipitation.

- ENSO (El Niño/La Niña) STATUS: El Niño Advisory
- ENSO Forecast: Strong to Very Strong El Niño expected this winter.
-Area drought status: Currently drought-free