by Dave Hovde, KSBY Meteorologist
(*updated for late temperature corrections)

Coastal clouds continued the slow clearing pattern today and with the higher base of the marine layer the cooling influence continued to be felt in the interior valleys with temperatures in the 70s for the most part.  Only subtle changes into the weekend, however [...]

posted by meteorologist Dave Hovde
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by Dave Hovde, KSBY Meteorologist
A continuing ridge of high pressure over much of the eastern Pacific is not producing much wind or well, the lack of mixing will mean the greatest marine challenge over the next few days will be more of the pervasive low clouds and fog.
For the rest of today, wind variable 10 [...]

by Dave Hovde, KSBY Meteorologist

Another very sluggish start at the coast with the sun being held at bay by a well developed marine deck of clouds. Again the winds are not strong enough to mix the clouds out quickly so it’ll take most of the day at the beaches to see much clearing. As a [...]