A Few More Showers
Air Quality (as of 12:30AM):
Good for all reporting stations.
Weather Story: Unsettled conditions will continue overnight as a low pressure area passes by. Showers will remain scattered and the possibility for an isolated thunderstorm will still exist. Snow levels will remain as low as 2,500ft overnight. The system will move on during the day on Thursday, though the mountains will destabilize again and a few more showers may pop up. Dry weather will return Friday/Saturday as a ridge of high pressure moves through. Then, another weather system will take aim at the California coast on Sunday. At this time, only light rain is expected locally. Warmer weather is then expected next week.
Overnight: Partly cloudy with scattered showers. A thunderstorm with lightning and small hail is possible. Cool, with lows in the upper 30s to low 40s. Patchy fog possible in valleys. Snow level: 2,500ft.
Thursday: Partly to mostly cloudy with isolated showers possible in the afternoon. Showers could have small hail and/or lightning. Cool and breezy with highs in the 50s.
Friday: Valley fog in the morning, then becoming mostly sunny. Warmer, with highs in the 50s to low 60s. Breezy at times in the afternoon.
Extended: Dry weather continues on Saturday with slightly warmer temperatures. Rain then returns Sunday, but it doesn’t look all that intense. Warmer, dryer weather expected next week.
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This week's normal temperatures:
--COASTAL CITIES--
LOW: 45ºF
HIGH: 62ºF
--INLAND CITIES--
LOW: 40ºF
HIGH: 67ºF
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-The outlook from the Climate Prediction Center for March 18th – 24th calls for the likelihood of near normal temperatures and near normal precipitation.
-El Niño/La Niña STATUS: Weak La Niña
-Forecast into Summer: Neutral
-Area drought status: Abnormally dry for most of the viewing area, moderate drought for most of Santa Clara County outside of the Santa Cruz Mountains and the northeastern sections of San Benito County.
