The weekend will be pleasant with a fairly mild weather pattern. Low clouds will spread along the coastlines of the Gulf and coastal areas, bringing with them deeper water layers, drizzle and fog in the early morning hours. Humidity will also increase. Temperatures will be near or slightly above normal. The overall weather pattern will continue to bring with it deeper water layers, comfortable temperatures, drizzle and gusty winds in some coastal areas. Temperatures will tend to warm up early next week.
Air quality: Good to fair
Overnight: Scattered fog and increasing low stratus clouds will return along the coast and spread into the valleys, causing a chance of drizzle and fog. Lows in the mid to upper 50s F.
Sunday: Mostly cloudy with a drizzle in the morning, then partly sunny or mostly sunny. Highs in the mid to upper 60s F along the coast, 70 to 90 F inland. A strong WNW wind.
Monday: Mostly cloudy in the morning, then sunny with drizzle in the afternoon, with winds and calm, with highs in the mid to upper 60s along the coast and 70s to 90s inland.
EXTENDED: Temperatures will continue to trend seasonally, trending slightly warmer into next week. The weekend pattern will bring more marine water, bringing light rain along with drizzle, mist and wind to coastal areas. Temperatures will begin to cool by midweek.
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Average temperatures this week:
–Coastal cities–
Minimum Temperature: 55ºF
Maximum temperature: 69ºF
–Inland city–
Minimum Temperature: 53ºF
Maximum Temperature: 85ºF
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– The Climate Prediction Center's outlook for August 18-22 calls for below-normal temperatures and near-normal* precipitation.
*Note: This time of year there is usually little to no precipitation.
– ENSO (El Niño/La Niña) Status: La Niña Watch
– ENSO forecast: Shifting to La Niña by late summer.
– Local drought status: No drought currently
– Monterey Bay Sea Surface Temperature* as of August 12: 55.7ºF
(Historic August average temperature: 59.6ºF) — *Average of 6 buoys
