———Smoke Update 10 a.m.———
Have you noticed heavy smoke in the air this morning? If so you are not alone, wildfires in far northern California are pumping smoke into the atmosphere and as our winds have shifted north all that smoke is right here on the Central Coast. Tomorrow air quality is expected to stay dangerous before clearing out this weekend.
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Good morning Central Coast!
As we kick off our Wednesday conditions are starting to shift in anticipation of a large low pressure system moving across the West Coast. This large scale change will be most felt in the Pac NW where significant rain and winds are expected. For us impact will be limited to additional cloud cover, added waves and a temps falling a bit more.
As far as our clouds go visibility are still good, most communities are not seeing too many concerns but even with the visibility readings shown below I would be shocked if there weren't at least some communities battling it out with dense fog, just be careful as you start your morning.
The last two days have featured some early and late clouds but the Central Coast has also been bathed in some nice mid-day sunshine and temps have been pleasant. This is not quite the case for today though. Last night onshore flow began to pick up and bring much more marine air into the region, dropping temps significantly.
This sets up a cooling trend for both today and Thursday. The high temperatures at most beach communities will return to the lower 60s with a few exceptions. Coastal valleys will cool down from the upper 70s to the lower 70s and the interior will move from the mid-80s back into the mid-70s today and even lower 70s on Thursday.
Temps will fall even more today into Thursday as a low pressure system is ejected from the Aleutian Islands up in Alaska. That will push into the PacNW and bring significant rain even as far south as the Bay Area, but for us it will simply mean loud cover and cooler temps.
Thankfully once that low pushes east we will see more zonal flow of the jet stream across our area (typical west to east flow). Temps will begin to warm once again as we head into the weekend and early next week. That being said even after our warmup temps will still be a few degrees shy of "normal" for this time of year.
The deeper extended forecast for the rest of the month shows a series of low-pressure systems tracking into the Pacific Northwest. This will bring rain to the Pacific Northwest and perhaps Northern California.
Have a wonderful day Central Coast!
