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AIR QUALITY (PM2.5 AQI as of 7:30AM)Good to moderate for all reporting areas.A strong ridge of high pressure will anchor over the West Coast into the…

AIR QUALITY (PM2.5 AQI as of 8AM)Good for all reporting areas.High pressure slowly strengthens as it builds in from the northwest over the next few…

AIR QUALITY (PM2.5 AQI as of 7:30AM)Unhealthy for sensitive groups in Big Sur.Good to Moderate for all other reporting areas. High pressure slowly…

AIR QUALITY (PM2.5 AQI as of 7:30am)Good to Moderate for all reporting areas.High pressure will then strengthen over the region this week with warmer…

AIR QUALITY ALERT (PM2.5 AQI as of 6:30am)UNHEALTHY for San Lorenzo ValleyMODERATE for Hollister and Big SurGood elsewhere. A weak trough of low…

AIR QUALITY ALERT (PM2.5 AQI as of 7AM)San Lorenzo Valley (243) Very UnhealthyHollister (129) Unhealthy S.G.Salinas (136) Unhealthy S.G.Santa Cruz…

AIR QUALITY ALERT (PM2.5 AQI as of 9AM)San Lorenzo Valley (158) UnhealthySalinas (55) ModerateSanta Cruz (106) Unhealthy for Sensitive GroupsBig Sur…

AIR QUALITY ALERT (PM2.5 AQI as of 7AM)Carmel Valley 40 (Good)Hollister 32 (Good)King City 35 (Good)Monterey 15 (Good)San Lorenzo Valley 87…

AIR QUALITY ALERT (PM2.5 AQI as of 10AM)Carmel Valley            161 (Unhealthy)Hollister                     89 (Moderate)King…

As wildfires continue to rage across the Central Coast, weather conditions will continue to improve slightly. Working for firefighters will be cooler…

As wildfires continue to rage across the Central Coast, weather conditions will continue to improve slightly. Working for firefighters will be cooler…

High pressure remains in control keeping temperatures warm/hot on the Central Coast today. It will ease its grasp over the next few days, so…

High pressure remains in control keep temperatures warm across the Central Coast. The long duration of this heat event will likely take a toll on…

High pressure remains in control keep temperatures warm across the Central Coast. The long duration of this heat event will likely take a toll on…

It’s all about the heat, as high pressure continues to squash the marine layer, and keep high temperatures WELL ABOVE normal. The long duration of…

It’s all about the heat, as high pressure continues to squash the marine layer, and keep high temperatures WELL ABOVE normal. The long duration of…

It’s all about the heat, as high pressure continues to squash the marine layer, and keep high temperatures WELL ABOVE normal. The long duration of…

It’s all about the heat, as high pressure continues to squash the marine layer, and keep high temperatures WELL ABOVE normal. The long duration of…

It’s all about the heat, as a ridge of high pressure centers in over the west, squishing the marine layer, and keeping high temperatures WELL ABOVE…

Are you ready for some excitement? After a boring summer of weather, things are about to get interesting. The big monsoonal high pressure system to…

Big changes are coming by the end of the week! Starting mid-week, the big monsoonal high will begin to migrate back to the west. As it does so, it…

Big changes are possible by the end of the week! However, until then, the weather pattern will remain quite static with a trough of low pressure…

After a beautiful Sunday, temperatures will cool off a bit. An area of low pressure offshore will slowly migrate back to the east toward the West…

High pressure will nudge in from the southwest as we head into the weekend, which will lead to slight warmup and a slight decrease in low clouds. The…

The battle is on between an area of high pressure to our east and a trough of low pressure developing to our northwest. The ridge will get stronger…

The battle is on between an area of high pressure to our east and a trough of low pressure developing to our northwest. The ridge will get stronger…

The battle is on between an area of high pressure to our east and a trough of low pressure developing to our northwest. The ridge will get stronger…

Don’t expect a lot of change for coastal areas in the coming days. We will continue to see slightly cool temperatures and coastal clouds into next…

Don’t expect a lot of change for coastal areas in the coming days. We will continue to see slightly cool temperatures and coastal clouds into next…

Don’t expect a lot of change for coastal areas in the coming days. We will continue to see slightly cool temperatures and coastal clouds into next…

Don’t expect a lot of change for coastal areas in the coming days. We will continue to see slightly cool temperatures and coastal clouds into next…

Don’t expect a lot of change for coastal areas in the coming days. We will continue to see slightly cool temperatures and coastal clouds into next…

Don’t expect a lot of change for coastal areas in the coming days. An area of low pressure has developed on the coast, but it will slowly pull away…

A weak trough of low pressure will strengthen over the West Coast today. Even through we’re sandwiched in between two big, hot ridge of high…

Our weather pattern remains blocked up. One prominent ridge of high pressure continues to dominate the western half of the country while another to…

The weather pattern will remain blocked up for the foreseeable future. The West Coast remains sandwiched in between two areas of high pressure—one…

The weather pattern will remain blocked up for the foreseeable future. The West Coast remains sandwiched in between two areas of high pressure—one…

High pressure will ever so slowly put the squish on the marine layer as we head toward the end of the week. This will result in a slow warm-up for…

High pressure will ever so slowly put the squish on the marine layer as we head toward the end of the week. This will result in a slow warm-up for…

Cooler weather will continue today as the big ridge overhead this weekend moves east. Less pressure on the marine layer will allow it to deepen and…

The strong ridge of high pressure that brought heat to inland areas this weekend will weaken into the early workweek. As a result, inland areas will…

High pressure will nudge back in from the east into the weekend bringing heat to inland areas. Surface flow will remain onshore, so a few low clouds…

High pressure will nudge back in from the east in the coming days. This will compress the marine layer and allow for warming in most areas. Surface…

High pressure will nudge back in from the east in the coming days. This will compress the marine layer and allow for warming in most areas. Surface…