Dry weather will follow strong Thursday storm

The fast-moving system that brought rain, wind, hail and snow to the Central Coast will move out of the area overnight Thursday. After overnight showers, Friday will be dry, but cool and occasionally breezy. Dry weather should continue through the weekend.

Overnight: Cloudy to partly cloudy skies with scattered showers and possible thunderstorms ending overnight. Coastal lows in the 40s with 30s inland and in the higher elevations.

Friday: Patchy morning fog, then mostly sunny. Cool, with highs in the 50s.
 
Extended: The weekend looks dry, with scattered high clouds moving through. Temperatures will slowly warm closer to normal by Sunday. Early next week, a couple of weak weather systems take aim at the coast.

The outlook from the Climate Prediction Center for January 23rd – 29th calls for the likelihood of ABOVE normal temperatures and BELOW normal precipitation.

El Niño/La Niña STATUS: Neutral
(Winter) Forecast: Neutral

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This week's normal temperatures:
--COASTAL CITIES--
LOW: 42ºF
HIGH: 60ºF

--INLAND CITIES--
LOW: 36ºF
HIGH: 62ºF