Warmest Day of the Week with a Few More High Clouds

Expect the warmest temperatures of the week on Wednesday! A ridge of high pressure will be centered over the region with highs some 5-15ºF above normal. The ridge will move to the east on Thursday allowing for deeper onshore flow to bring cooler air and clouds to the coast. We’ll double down on the coastal cool & cloudy on Friday before leveling out to seasonable weather this weekend. Some drizzle may be possible out of the low clouds, but for the first time in a while, a dry weekend is expected.

AIR QUALITY: Good

Wednesday: Even with more high clouds across the areas, expect mostly sunny and warm conditions. Coastal highs in the mid 60s to mid 70s and widespread 70s to low 80s inland. Breezy northwesterly onshore winds late in the day.

Overnight: High clouds should thin out a bit to mostly clear skies, before a few low clouds develop at the coast heading into sunrise. Patchy fog possible in low, damp areas. Lows will be a touch warmer with mainly upper 40s to mid 50s across the region.

Thursday: Cooler daytime highs with increasing clouds. Coastal highs in the 60s to around 70ºF and upper 60s to around 80ºF inland. Low clouds/fog possible on the coast late.

Extended: Temperatures will continue to dip on Friday with low clouds expected on the coast. We’ll warm back up into the weekend. The pattern will remain somewhat progressive into the next week with less-amplified troughs and ridges passing which should keep temperatures fairly close to normal. The next chance of rain will likely hold off until around April 26^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: 47ºF
HIGH: 64ºF

--INLAND CITIES--
LOW: 42ºF
HIGH: 71ºF
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-The outlook from the Climate Prediction Center for April 24^th – 30^th calls for the likelihood of BELOW 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