Cloudy Start To Your Work Week

SALINAS, Calif. (KION) – An area of low pressure will move over us and get stuck for a couple of days, keeping the marine layer deep but somewhat unstable. This will lead to partial afternoon clearing and seasonably cool temperatures. Some moisture will stream around the low which will lead to showers/thunderstorms to our north. At this time, it doesn’t appear as if it will affect our area, but we’ll monitor it.  
 
Air Quality: Good     

Monday: Mostly cloudy early, then becoming mostly sunny inland and partly cloudy on the coast. Highs in the 60s to around 70ºF on the coast and 70s to 90s inland with up valley winds in the afternoon.   

Overnight: Low clouds will thicken once again filling the bay and nearby valleys. Lows will be in the 50s for most, with 40s for far interior locations. Areas of patchy fog can be expected especially along the coast heading into dawn.
 
Tuesday: Morning low clouds with patchy fog, becoming mostly sunny inland and partly cloudy on the coast. Coastal highs in the 60s to around 70ºF with 70s-90s inland. Up valley winds late in the day. Perhaps a few mid to high clouds in the north.  

Extended: Coastal areas will warm a degree or so day by day through the end of week reaching normal levels by Thursday. Inland areas will hover just above seasonal normals. The weather pattern becomes unstuck late in the week and a passing trough will stir up the winds a bit, but otherwise, a typical summer forecast of morning low clouds with afternoon sun.  
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This week's normal temperatures:     
--COASTAL CITIES--     
LOW: 53ºF     
HIGH: 69ºF     
--INLAND CITIES--     
LOW: 51ºF                 
HIGH: 84ºF            
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The outlook from the Climate Prediction Center for July 7^th – 13^th calls for the likelihood of ABOVE normal temperatures and near normal precipitation, though little to no precipitation usually falls this time of year.     
- 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 29^th : 54.5ºF (avg. of 6 buoys) [Historic June Avg. SST: 56.7ºF]