Slight Ups And Downs

SALINAS, Calif. (KION) - The marine layer will continue to deepen into Monday as a trough digs in from the north. The deepening processes may help encourage coastal drizzle into Monday morning. A low will cut off from the trough and travel southwest of us during the day. This will promote some offshore flow aloft along with deeper mixing within the marine layer and could reduce afternoon cloudcover. Low level winds are now looking more southerly into Monday afternoon as well, which would mean for a warmer day in Monterey and a cooler day in Santa Cruz. The marine layer will stabilize a bit more on Tuesday with the low farther to the south—meaning a bit more of a “June Gloom” style day.  

Air Quality: Good to Moderate     

Overnight: Low clouds, thickening late with patchy fog and drizzle possible. Lows in the low 50s on the coast and 40s to around 50ºF for inland valleys.  
 
Monday: Breaking to partly cloudy in the afternoon with breezy southwesterly onshore and up-valley winds. Expect coastal highs in the low to upper 60s with inland highs ranging from the low 70s to mid-80s.  
 
Tuesday: Remaining mostly cloudy on the coast and cooler with highs in the upper 50s to upper 60s, but warmer inland under mostly sunny skies and highs in the low 70s to upper 80s. Breezy southwesterly onshore winds becoming windy up valleys late in the day.  

Extended: We’ll remain sandwiched between high pressure over the Pacific and troughing over the American West through the end of the week. Expect seasonable to slightly cool temperatures with the daily cycle of coastal clouds. High pressure wins out into the weekend with temperatures expected to warm—especially inland.  
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This week's normal temperatures:   
--COASTAL CITIES--  
LOW: 51ºF      
HIGH: 67ºF       
--INLAND CITIES--       
LOW: 48ºF       
HIGH: 78ºF      
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The outlook from the Climate Prediction Center for June 9^th – 15^th calls for the likelihood of ABOVE normal temperatures and near normal precipitation.      
- ENSO (El Niño/La Niña) STATUS: Neutral      
- ENSO Forecast: Neutral conditions persist through summer & possibly into next winter.        
-Area drought status: Abnormally dry for portions of southern San Benito and southeastern Monterey Counties. Drought-free for the remainder of the KION coverage area.         
-Monterey Bay Sea Surface Temperature as of June 1^st : 55.1ºF (avg. of 7 buoys) [Historic June Avg. SST: 56.7ºF]