Warmer & Sunnier Tuesday
Temperatures keep heading upward as high pressure builds in over the region through mid-week. Highs will peak on Wednesday, some 5-10ºF above normal for this time of year. As the ridge eases eastward Thursday, deeper onshore flow will cool coastal areas especially and will likely push some low clouds/fog ashore giving us weather conditions typical of a Central Coast summer day. A weak system will then pass to our north on Friday and it looks like we’ll stay dry. The pattern levels out after that with more seasonable weather expected.
AIR QUALITY: Good
Tuesday: Mostly sunny and warmer with coastal highs in the low 60s to low 70s and mainly 70s inland. Breezy northwesterly onshore winds late in the day, gusty in the valleys.
Overnight: A few patchy low clouds early near the coast, then increasing high clouds overnight for the rest of the area. Lows will be in the mid to upper 40s with a few low 50s at the coast. Winds will become light.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny with a few more high clouds, and even warmer with coastal highs in the mid 60s to mid 70s and widespread 70s to low 80s inland. Breezy northwesterly onshore winds late in the day.
Extended: Temperatures cool back into the 60s on the coast Thursday with deeper onshore flow. Then, expect partly cloudy skies for the next few days with seasonable temperatures.
*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: 47ºF
HIGH: 64ºF
--INLAND CITIES--
LOW: 42ºF
HIGH: 71ºF
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-The outlook from the Climate Prediction Center for April 22nd – 28th calls for the likelihood of near normal temperatures and ABOVE normal precipitation.
- ENSO (El Niño/La Niña) STATUS: El Niño Advisory, La Niña Watch
- ENSO Forecast: Transition from El Niño to neutral by Spring and then to La Niña by summer.
-Area drought status: Currently drought-free
