Cooler with rain chances, Monday March 30th forecast

Fog and cool to mild temperatures held firm along much of the coastline with warming temperatures inland. A stringer onshore flow is developing and will strenghten through the late night and in to early Monday. Cooler temperatures along with more clouds are expected region wide. Look for highs to be in the 60's and 70's near the ocean. Low toi mid 80's are expected farther inland.

Looking ahead, our persistent and at times historic warm spell is showing signs of weakening significantly as we leave March and head in to April. The offshore or northerly flow will replaced with a more seasonal zonal or westerly flow. Cooler ocean air should start to reach farther inland and temperatures are expected to drop to near normal by very early April. Rain chances have been downgraded, but chances do pop up around Tuesday and Wednesday. Our forecast computer was pretty bullish on seeing some decent measurable rainfall over the past few days. Unfortunately, now our Futurecast is backing down from that and just slight chances pop up, especially in our northern areas. Hopefully at least a few sprinkles fall widespread and even better would be for some Sierra snowfall which helps us all as we head toward Summer. Beyond the work week, we see high pressure building with a light offshore flow developing. Santa Ana and Santa Lucias will help to warm things up and decrease the marine layer through the weekend.

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