Rain and cooler temperatures are on the forecast for parts of California after a hotter-than-usual summer.
So, which areas need to break out the umbrellas?
Scattered showers along the Central Coast
Residents in California’s Central Coast awoke to the soft patter of rain showers on Monday morning as the National Weather Service for the San Francisco Bay region announced rainfall amounts from the previous 12 hours ranging from a trace to about 0.20 of an inch across the Santa Cruz Mountains and Santa Lucia Range. Isolated rain showers are expected to shift south and taper off by the evening.
Salinas weather this week
Rain is likely in the Salinas area of the Central Coast, with a 60% chance of scattered showers on Monday, tapering off on Tuesday with a 60% chance of rain returning on Wednesday, according to the weekly forecast by the National Weather Service. The light showers are expected to bring less than 0.10 of an inch on Monday and Wednesday.
Slight chance of thunderstorms around Yosemite National Park
A storm system will bring a slight chance (5-20%) of thunderstorms this afternoon and early evening, according to the National Weather Service for Hanford, with the highest chances in the Sierra Nevada around Yosemite National Park. Chances of thunderstorms return on Wednesday and Thursday.
Regional forecasters updated their initial outlook for possible snow in the high sierras to a 70% probability of 2 inches or more of snow above 8,000 ft., with Tioga Pass having a 65% probability of 2 inches and a 35% probability of 3 inches.
“We have a very cold draft moving into the area this afternoon and evening, and (it) will move through on Monday,” JP Kalb, a forecaster with weather service, told USA TODAY on Sunday.
Chance of showers for the Central Valley
A chance of rain is on this week’s National Weather Service forecast for the Central Valley, including the cities of Bakersfield, Fresno, Merced and Visalia. The chances of 0.05 inches or more of rain is between 10% and 45% for the region as part of a major cooldown from an atmospheric trough entering central California, bringing well below normal temperatures for the region at the start of the week.
What is the rainfall outlook for the fall?
The rainfall outlook for California from September to November varies depending on the region, according to the Climate Prediction Center, with a 33% to 50% chance of below normal rainfall for Southern California and up to a 40% chance of below normal rainfall for Central California and equal chances of below, near or above normal rainfall for the rest of the state.
This article originally appeared on Salinas Californian: Salinas weather: Central Coast, Yosemite National Park could see rain
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