Good morning Central Coast!
This week has been so beautiful with all the warm temps and sunshine but that is going to change a bit for this weekend as we head into a much more active pattern.
Before we get to that here are today's basics! Temps are still very mild with most temps in the 60s. Calm winds and waves are also the case.
Tonight things are going to change very significantly. A trough is pushing into the region and will first push a well developed cold front into the region tonight. Temps will cool significantly and widespread showers will ride in on the cold front. Most communities will pick up rain from this first band but none more than half an inch. Most location will be closer to a third of an inch.
Once the cold front progresses to our east we will see a little break Saturday morning. Cloud cover and a few isolated showers are possible but it won't be much, until the afternoon at least.
By afternoon the core low pressure that drove the whole system will be passing into the region and bringing broad spread instability. Scattered showers will be in place all of Saturday afternoon into Sunday morning. These showers will be off and on but still bring the chance of another quarter inch of rain for most of our communities.
By Sunday afternoon skies will be clearing and we will start the week with more sunshine. All said and done this weekends storms will bring 0.25" to 0.85" of rain. The higher amounts will be in our coastal valleys and at the peaks with less for the interior valleys.
Right now there are no advisories, but I expect them to be issued soon. I wouldn’t be surprised to see a wind advisory for Sunday and possibly a high surf advisory.
Beyond the weekend, Monday and Tuesday should be dry even though a front does fly through the area keeping things cool.
Wednesday afternoon more rain looks likely and a third (and potentially the strongest) system arrives at the end of the month for more rain. Not surprisingly the 8-14 day outlooks from the Climate Prediction Center call for cool and wet weather.
Have a wonderful weekend Central Coast!
