Heating Up

As a high pressure system heads our way, expect another beautiful sunny day today and daytime heat will be ramping up across the Central Coast. A big warmup is heading our way with temps 5-15 degrees warmer Wednesday and Thursday, and a moderate heat risk expected for many areas. Then another cooldown for the weekend!

AIR QUALITY: Good

Tuesday: Mostly sunny and warmer with highs in the 60s to 80s at the coast and surrounding areas, and mid 80s to 100 degrees farther inland.

Extended: As everyone heads back to work and school, temps will warm up with sunshine and quiet weather. The heat is on for Wednesday and peak heat will be Thursday across the local area with a moderate heat risk possible along with elevated fire weather concerns inland as we see more triple digit heat.

*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

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This week's normal temperatures:
--COASTAL CITIES--
LOW: 55ºF
HIGH: 71ºF

--INLAND CITIES--
LOW: 52ºF
HIGH: 86ºF
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-The outlook from the Climate Prediction Center for September 8^th – 12^th calls for the likelihood of ABOVE normal temperatures and near normal precipitation.

- 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 2^nd: 57.7ºF
(Historic August AVG: 59.6ºF) -- *average of six buoys