Brillant, briefly.

How beach day Batman.  I mean, seriously, it is great out there.  And it only going to get better.  Breaking the 70 degree mark today and pushing up to, and maybe through, the low 70s on Sunday.  Match that up with a light wind regime and sunshine, and you have some excellent late winter weather out there to enjoy. Only thing missing for a true California Dreamin' day is a perfect eight foot swell.  Alas, if you are hungry and search, you can find something to ride on.  Or you could just head up the Sierra with everyone else and enjoy some fresh snow and spring skiing days.

Early evening is a great time to stroll the bluffs just north of Santa Cruz.

This weekend is the best of it.  Monday should still be fairly warm, but the highs will drop back into the mid to high 60s.  This cooling will be more drastic by Tuesday, as a fast moving storm system moves through mostly to our north.  This thing will dip down south enough to fill in some clouds, drop the daytime high to about 60F and give us a chance for some sporadic showers.  If things look any different than this, I will be sure to post it up here.  For now, the greatest chance of rain lies well north of San Francisco.  Tahoe could receive a few more inches of snow.  Enough for a refresh of the surface conditions.  A rebound is in the cards for Wednesday with daytime highs jumping back up into the mid 60s.  The work week looks to finish out nicely.

Or one could just stay in town and watch the storm clouds roll in/

Long term we are looking at the chance of some bigger storms entering into the picture by late next weekend.  This will really all depend on where the high pressure bubble sets up off the coast.  If it hugs the coast, the storms will be pushed north, like the one forecasted for this coming Tuesday.  If it shifts to the west, as projected by some models, the doors will open and we could see a longer series of bigger storms come crashing in.  It would be nice to get a bit more snow up in the mountains to allow us the great spring skiing many come to love in the Sierra.  And the water would be nice as well.

For now, enjoy the awesome weather this weekend.  A bit cooler next week.  All sunny and mid 60s except for Tuesday when we will see clouds, 60F and a chance at light rain.