Good morning Central Coast!
As we kick off a new work week it is going to get hot very fast. Thankfully today there is some marine layer fog keeping temps on the cooler side mainly along the beaches but even into the interiors. The marine layer cloud cover and fog is going clear out quickly but until then be cautious of low visibility on our roads.
Overnight into early morning temps are only in the 50s, this is a great time to open up windows and pull cool air into homes ahead of today's heat. This will be good practice through the extended forecast.
Waves were a bit of a story over the weekend with local sets up to 12 feet off some beaches but they have calmed down a bit, still on the wavy side for this time of the year.
One quick note into the national forecast, Hurricane Beryl made landfall this morning as a strong category 4 on the island of Carricou (part of Grenada). This landfall makes Beryl the strongest Caribbean hurricane ever recorded this early in the season and it has made landfall near peak intensity. The storm will continue to track East and slowly weaken. It is expected to reach the Yucatan as a category 1 storm on Friday.
Turning back to our temps. Unlike the weekend highs in the interiors will flirt with triple digits while beaches will stay moderate with highs in the 70s, 60s by the beach. to put that into a little more of perspective the normal for this time of year in Paso Robles is 92° (but the temp is identical to yesterday's high).
Into the extended forecast the heat is only going to build. That is thanks to a high pressure system headed our way and settling into the region. Offshore winds, sunshine and limited marine influence are going to team up for a huge warm up. Later on this week Paso Robles is headed towards near record highs.
Thankfully coastal valleys will be a bit cooler, although still hot for this time of year.
Thanks to all this heat there are alerts already in place for the dangerous heat. There is an excessive heat warning in place from Tuesday morning through Monday night. Temps above 110° are expected. Closer to the coasts (the yellow shaded area) is an excessive heat watch in place from Wednesday through Monday with temps above 95° expected.
The extreme heat is expected to extend all the way into the extended forecast. Here is a look at the heat forecast into mid July.
Have a great day Central Coast!
