Dry Lightning Threat
Dangerous fire weather conditions exist on Saturday with the potential for (mostly) dry thunderstorms. These storms are developing in part due to…
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A Beautiful Friday, Hurricane Jova Has Other Plans this Weekend
Temperatures will rise as we head into the weekend, but we’re also tracking tropical moisture coming in from the south. As the big monsoonal ridge…
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Jova’s Special Delivery
Temperatures will rise as we head into the weekend, but we’re also tracking tropical moisture coming in from the south. As the big monsoonal ridge…
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Warming Up Just in Time for the Weekend
Temperatures will slowly climb upward into the weekend as high pressure builds back in from the east. Thursday will be somewhat of a transition day…
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Watching The Tropics Again!?
Temperatures will slowly climb upward into the weekend as high pressure builds back in from the east. Thursday will be somewhat of a transition day…
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Winds Shift, Cooler Day for Most
Another cooler-than-normal day is expected on Wednesday across the region. Surface flow will switch to the southwest briefly, pushing cooler marine…
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Another cooler-than-normal day expected on Wednesday across the region. Surface flow will switch to the southwest briefly, pushing cooler marine air…
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Morning Clouds, Afternoon Sun
Temperatures will remain slightly cool for this time of year as weak troughing persists on the West Coast. Smaller scale waves within the trough will…
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Temperatures will remain slightly cool for this time of year as weak troughing persists on the West Coast. Smaller scale waves within the trough will…
Continue ReadingFoggy, Patchy Cloudy Start to Labor Day
Labor Day, some areas will warm up and some will cool down. The deep trough of low pressure over us this weekend will begin to move off to the west…
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Heading into Labor Day, some areas will warm up and some will cool down. The deep trough of low pressure over us this weekend will begin to move off…
Continue ReadingNice Weekend Wrap-Up
We’ll remain in a deep maritime air mass on Sunday which will keep skies partly cloudy and inland areas cool for this time of year. On the coast,…
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Taste of fall across the Central Coast continues. With at or below-average temperatures at the coast, and below-average temperatures inland. The…
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Taste of fall across the Central Coast. With at or below-average temperatures at the coast, and below-average temperatures inland. The cooler weather…
Continue ReadingTaste of Fall for some
Taste of fall coastal and not as hot inland. A cooling trend is underway with temps up to 30 degrees cooler in some spots Thursday from the day…
Continue ReadingGoodbye Summer Weather, Hello Early Fall System
Temperatures will be noticeably cooler Thursday and into the holiday weekend as a trough moves south from the north. Our winds will be more onshore…
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New record highs Wednesday include Salinas with 88 degrees (old record 87 in 1943) and Watsonville with 92 (old record 87 in 2007). Temperatures will…
Continue ReadingFeeling Hot, Hot, Hot
Well, it’s here: A nice, warm—maybe hot?—summer day. A passing system in the Pacific Northwest/Northern Rockies has shifted surface winds to…
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Well, it’s here: A nice, warm—maybe hot?—summer day. A passing system in the Pacific Northwest/Northern Rockies has shifted surface winds to…
Continue ReadingSummer-like Weather Remains for a Couple More Days
A warm-up, some wind, and a cool-down down all expected before Labor Day! A short wave trough passed through overnight and while its impacts weren’t…
Continue ReadingWarmer, Then Cooler
A warm up, some wind, and a cool down all expected before Labor Day! A short wave trough will pass by overnight and while its impacts won’t be…
Continue ReadingGet Ready for a Beautiful, but Gusty Day on the Central Coast
Warm but occasionally windy conditions will greet us for the first few days of the week. A flat ridge of high pressure presides over Southern…
Continue ReadingWarm And Then Warmer And Then Not Warmer
Warm but occasionally windy conditions will greet us for the first few days of the week. A flat ridge of high pressure presides over Southern…
Continue ReadingWeekend Warm Up!
The weekend will be quiet, dry and warmer. A strong ridge of high pressure will build in from the east. Temperatures will slowly rise through the…
Continue ReadingGray Skies to Start the Day, Will Eventually Fade Away… for Most
Temperatures will remain cooler but seasonable through Friday as weak troughing dominates just to our west. A strong ridge of high pressure will then…
Continue ReadingTemperatures Are Down But Not Out
Temperatures will remain cooler but seasonable through Friday as weak troughing dominates just to our west. A strong ridge of high pressure will then…
Continue ReadingThe Low Clouds Have Returned
Cooler weather is on the way as the marine layer deepens Thursday. This deepening is the result of a strengthening trough offshore. We’ll also see…
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Cooler weather is on the way as the marine layer deepens Thursday. This deepening is the result of a strengthening trough offshore. We’ll also see…
Continue ReadingHow About That Sunshine
The August sun will bake the remainder of the tropical air mass over the Central Coast Wednesday, mixing a bit of the moisture out and sending…
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The August sun will bake the remainder of the tropical air mass over the Central Coast Wednesday, mixing a bit of the moisture out and sending…
Continue ReadingThe Return of Sunshine
A dryer weather, warmer (mainly inland) pattern setting in. There may be one final round of showers and maybe a thunderstorm over the Diablos Tuesday…
Continue ReadingHilary’s Last Hurrah
The low pressure center entrained with Hilary’s moisture will depart overnight with a dryer weather pattern setting in. There may be one final…
Continue ReadingHilary Remnants Will Give Central Coast Showers & T’Storms
The remnants of Hilary will continue to move north away from us through Monday. However, some moisture drawn in around a cut-off area of low…
Continue ReadingMemories of Hilary
The remnants of Hilary will continue to move north away from us overnight into Monday. However, some moisture drawn in around a cut-off area of…
Continue ReadingHilary’s Impacts On The Central Coast
Moisture from Hilary will stream through our area on Sunday, notably as a shield of high cloudcover. Isolated showers are possible within the shield.…
Continue ReadingSlightly Cooler Day, Keeping an Eye on Hurricane Hilary
An area of low pressure remains offshore, however, with the cooler temperatures expected inland on Friday, and less monsoonal draw from the south,…
Continue ReadingThe Weather is Looking Interesting
An area of low pressure offshore will continue to draw in monsoonal moisture for the next few days. This will keep a chance of showers and…
Continue ReadingIsolated thunderstorms, Watching TS Hilary
An area of low pressure offshore will continue to draw in monsoonal moisture for the next few days. This will keep a chance of showers and…
Continue ReadingMore Showers, Chance of T-Storms, and a Tropical System
An area of low pressure offshore will continue to draw in monsoonal moisture for the next few days. This will keep a chance of showers and…
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An area of low pressure offshore will continue to draw in monsoonal moisture for the next few days. This will keep a chance of showers and…
Continue ReadingIt’s Complicated
The weather this week will be a little complex… A cut-off area of low pressure will continue to draw in monsoon moisture from the east, though its…
Continue ReadingMonday Evening Forecast Preview
The weather this week will be a little complex… A cut-off area of low pressure will continue to draw in monsoon moisture from the east, though its…
Continue ReadingWarm Weather on the Horizon
A gradual warming trend into next week. A building ridge to our north will help warm up temperatures in the coming days. Monday, an area of rain and…
Continue ReadingWarming Up, Isolated Shower possible
A gradual warming trend into next week. A building ridge to our north will help warm up temperatures in the coming days. Late Sunday and Monday, an…
Continue ReadingWarming Trend, Rain Chances
A gradual warming trend into next week. A building ridge to our north will help warm up temperatures in the coming days. A cut off area of low…
Continue ReadingWarming Up, But Not Quite Done With Rain Chances
Dryer conditions are expected on Saturday. A building ridge to our north will help warm up temperatures in the coming days. A cut off area of low…
Continue ReadingLingering Showers Are All That Remain
A few isolated, light showers remain possible through the afternoon, from the low which will sit offshore and weaken for the next couple of days -…
Continue ReadingShowers Overnight With A Slight Chance Of Lightning
Rain showers and even possibility a brief thundershower will move through overnight as tropical moisture and an associated area of low pressure move…
Continue ReadingThere’s a Chance – Showers & Thunderstorms
Tropical and monsoonal moisture streams into the area into Thursday and Friday bringing a chance of rare summer showers and thunderstorms. First, let…
Continue ReadingRare Summer Thunder Chances
Tropical and monsoonal moisture streams into the area into Thursday and Friday bringing a chance of rare summer showers and thunderstorms. First, let…
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