Warm Weekend Ahead

Get ready for a stretch of sunshine and summerlike weather. High pressure builds back into the region, bringing a period of warmer, dryer weather. Temps will rise every day into the weekend, and will be 5-12 degrees above normal for this time of year. Lows at night will be above average as well.

Air Quality: Good 

Friday: Mostly sunny and warmer with highs in the 60s to mid-70s. Light winds.

Saturday: Sunny and mild. Highs in the mid to upper 60s coastal to mid to upper 70s inland.

Extended: High pressure will dominate our weather through the weekend, blocking storm systems off to the north. We’ll have occasional high clouds spilling through, but otherwise sunny conditions can be expected. Highs will be above normal through at least Wednesday and outside of a few cool mornings, lows should remain fairly seasonable through the period.

*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: 44ºF
HIGH: 61ºF

--INLAND CITIES--
LOW: 40ºF
HIGH: 63ºF
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-The outlook from the Climate Prediction Center for February 27^th – March 5^th calls for the likelihood of ABOVE 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: Moderate drought for eastern San Benito County and far southeastern Monterey County. Abnormally dry for the remainder of the viewing area.
 Monterey Bay Sea Surface Temperature as of February 20^th 54.ºF (avg of 7 buoys)
[February Avg. SST: 54.9ºF]