Mild Monday

Temps will stay at or slightly above normal. Our overall weather pattern continues to bring a deeper marine layer, pleasant temps, coastal drizzle for some areas along with gusty winds. Trending warmer at the start of this week then a cooldown.

AIR QUALITY: Good to Moderate

Monday: AM clouds, drizzle with sunny skies and by afternoon. Breezy and mild with highs in the mid to upper 60s coastal and 70s into the 90's for inland areas.

Overnight: Clear skies overnight into early hours of the morning.

Extended: Temps will stay seasonal with a slight warming trend into this week. The weekend pattern allowed more of a marine layer and light precipitation along the coast with drizzle/mist as well as windy conditions. We'll begin to see a cooldown by midweek.

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This week's normal temperatures:
--COASTAL CITIES--
LOW: 55ºF
HIGH: 69ºF

--INLAND CITIES--
LOW: 53ºF
HIGH: 85ºF
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-The outlook from the Climate Prediction Center for August 18^th – 22^th calls for the likelihood of BELOW 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 August 12^th: 55.7ºF
(Historic August AVG: 59.6ºF) -- *average of six buoys