Few More Low Clouds, Slightly Cooler Wednesday

We return to our usual summer pattern. A trough of low pressure approaching the West Coast will be our main weather influence over the next few days. While some areas of the Pacific Northwest will see rain, we’ll see a general cooldown. On the coast, the deepening marine layer will mean for more low clouds and cooler temperatures. That marine layer air will reach farther inland as well along with the general cooling aloft with the trough. The passing trough will also kick up the northwest winds, which may be gusty, but also prevent a full-on June Gloom from developing—though some areas on the south/east sides of the bay will be quite cloudy for the next few days especially as we head into Friday.

AIR QUALITY: Good to Moderate

Wednesday: Patchy low clouds at the coast mainly on the southern and eastern portions of the bay, mostly sunny otherwise with coastal highs in the low 60s to mid 70s—warmest on the north side of the bay—and mid 70s to upper 90s inland. Windy out of the northwest on the exposed coast and up-valley with breezy onshore winds elsewhere.

Overnight: Low clouds will fill the bay and nearby valleys. Areas of patchy fog possible near dawn. Lows will be in the low to mid 50s for most, slightly warmer for far interior locations and hills. Winds will calm, but will remain gusty at times over higher elevations.

Thursday: Low clouds in the morning on the coast becoming partly cloudy with clouds favoring the south/east sides of the bay in the afternoon. Expect coastal highs in the upper 50s to low 70s—warmest on the north side of the bay—and mid 70s to low 90s for inland valleys. Windy out of the northwest on the exposed coast and up-valley with breezy onshore winds elsewhere.

Extended: Coastal temperatures will start to slowly rise starting Friday and into the weekend while inland areas will see the coolest day on Friday before starting to rise as well. High pressure nudges in this weekend which will send temperatures back upward and reduce low cloudcover, especially on Sunday. That warming trend will continue into early next week where we could see the return of triple digits inland.

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This week's normal temperatures:
--COASTAL CITIES--
LOW: 53ºF
HIGH: 68ºF

--INLAND CITIES--
LOW: 50ºF
HIGH: 83ºF
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-The outlook from the Climate Prediction Center for July 3^rd – 9^th calls for the likelihood of ABOVE normal temperatures and BELOW 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 26^th: 55.0ºF
(Historic June AVG: 56.7ºF) -- *average of three buoys