Mostly Sunny, Dry, and Gusty Monday
Your forecast for Monterey, Santa Cruz, San Benito, and southern Santa Clara Counties…
Windy, dry, and mostly sunny conditions will persist on Monday. A trough of low pressure currently moving to the east is creating those stronger gusts which will once again pick up Monday afternoon. Troughing will linger over the coast through mid-week. But, with the stronger low gone, winds will ease. However, with the lingering troughing, high temperatures are likely to stay seasonable to slightly through Thursday. In addition, a stronger onshore flow will bring coastal clouds and chance of morning drizzle back to the forecast by Wednesday. Then things look to warm up again heading into the weekend. Extended forecast below.
AIR QUALITY: Good
***GALE WARNING***
…for Coastal Waters from Point Pinos to Point Piedras Blancas California out to 10 nm until 9pm Monday.
*Northwest winds 20 to 30 kt with gusts up to 40 kt.
*Strong winds will cause hazardous seas which could capsize or damage vessels and reduce visibility.
Mariners should alter plans to avoid these hazardous conditions. Remain in port, seek safe harbor, alter course, and/or secure the vessel for severe conditions.
Monday: A few low clouds on the coast early, then mostly sunny with only a few high clouds passing through. Expect highs in the low 60s to around 80ºF on the coast—warmest on the north side of the bay—and mid 70s to around 90ºF inland. Gusty north-northwesterly onshore and up-valley winds at times.
Overnight: Mostly clear skies across the Central Coast with breezy at times gusty conditions. A slightly chance of patchy low clouds around the southern and eastern portions of the bay, but hazy into dawn. Lows in the upper 40s to low 50s at the coast, mid 40s to low 50s inland.
***GALE WARNING***
….for Coastal Waters from Point Pinos to Point Piedras Blancas California out to 10 nm.
*Northwest winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts up to 35 kt
*Strong winds will cause hazardous seas which could capsize or damage vessels and reduce visibility.
Mariners should alter plans to avoid these hazardous conditions. Remain in port, seek safe harbor, alter course, and/or secure the vessel for severe conditions.
Tuesday: Few low clouds near the coast and some high clouds passing across the entire area. Slightly cooler on the coast with highs in the low 60s to mid 70s—warmest on the north side of the bay—but about the same inland with mid 70s to around 90ºF. Breezy northwesterly onshore winds becoming gusty in the valleys late in the day.
Extended: Temps will fall a bit by mid-week, both on the coast and inland. We’ll see a couple of partly cloudy days on the coast before a ridge of high pressure builds back in our direction which will give the Central Coast a nice warming trend, just in time for the first weekend of Summer, with sunshine returning to the coast.
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This week's normal temperatures:
--COASTAL CITIES--
LOW: 52ºF
HIGH: 68ºF
--INLAND CITIES--
LOW: 50ºF
HIGH: 82ºF
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-The outlook from the Climate Prediction Center for June 24th - 30th calls for the likelihood of ABOVE normal temperatures and near normal* precipitation.
*Note: little to no precipitation typically falls this time of year
- ENSO (El Niño/La Niña) STATUS: La Niña Watch
- ENSO Forecast: Transition to La Niña by late summer.
- Area drought status: Currently drought-free
- Monterey Bay Sea Surface Temperature* as of June 16th: 55.3ºF
(Historic June AVG: 56.7ºF) -- *average of three buoys
