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Mild, Sunny, Dry

Light offshore flow will keep skies mostly sunny and conditions dry through midweek. We’ll see cold mornings but warm afternoons—peaking on Thursday.

Air Quality: Good to Moderate


Tuesday: Mostly sunny with a few high clouds arriving from the southwest. Light offshore winds switching to a light northwesterly sea breeze in the afternoon. Highs in the 60s for most areas with a few spots approaching 70ºF in the Salinas Valley.

Overnight: Partly cloudy with high clouds, than mostly clear come dawn. Lows will be chilly with sheltered valleys dipping into the 20s, widespread 30s, and coastal areas in the low 40s. Frost likely for interior locations. Calm winds.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny through the afternoon with passing high clouds. Light offshore winds early, switching back onshore and from the northwest late. Highs in the 60s to low  70s.

Extended: High temperatures peak on Thursday as the nearby ridge moves directly overhead. Winds will die off under sunny skies. Then, a system will drop down from the north bringing cold air and some instability. Winds will pick up and there is an outside chance of a few showers on Saturday—perhaps even some mountain snow showers. A cold air mass will settle in behind it into early next week. Future rain chances are looking slim.

*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: 42ºF
HIGH: 60ºF

--INLAND CITIES--
LOW: 37ºF
HIGH: 61ºF
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-The outlook from the Climate Prediction Center for January 28th –  February 3rd calls for the likelihood of near normal temperatures and BELOW normal precipitation.
- ENSO (El Niño/La Niña) STATUS: 
La Niña Advisory
- ENSO Forecast: La Niña persists into spring, then transitions to neutral by summer.- Area drought status: Abnormally dry for San Benito County, northeastern Monterey County and eastern Santa Clara County. Drought-free elsewhere- Monterey Bay Sea Surface Temperature as of January 19th : 53.6ºF (avg of 5 buoys) [January Average: 54.7ºF]

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Erika Bratten is a weather forecaster for KION News Channel 5/46.

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