Eastside is Going Off. Get Out and Git Sum!!!

OMG the weather in Santa Cruz right now is absolutely wonderful.  The Eastside is getting it on.  Lack of morning fog led to a quick warm up and being tucked so well into the top of Monterey Bay, the worst of the winds were well outside the kelp.  Makes for some great beach weather.  Add to that a thumping south swell and you have entertainment as well.  It does not get much better than this.  Okay, sure, it could be a slack wind day and then even the beaches up on the north coast get balmy, but that is quite a bit rarer than gold.  So, let's count our chickens.  Looks like the winds won't back down enough to let the fog fill in tomorrow, so another beach day it is.  Monday should be another winner.  Even warmer than today.  Let us call it mid 70s in town and break 70F on the beach near Shark's Cove.

A surfer walks in across the reef near Shark's Cove in Santa Cruz.  Just another lovely day here at home.

A small storm spins up and run into the PNW, allowing a little more dampness to sneak through the wind shield for Tuesday morning.  High temps drop back into the mid 60s.  Wednesday looks pretty darn breezy.  Temps creep back up into the upper 60s.  At lest those winds will keep the morning clear.  After that, it looks like more clear mornings, and upper 60s to maybe 70F, with the NW wind backing down just a little bit.  With some luck, by Friday the gradient will be weakening and shifting north.  But bottom line is you need to get out there and enjoy some of this fine weather.  And it is hot in the local hills.  Could be in the upper 80s just a few miles away from the coast.  Geez.  We have been pretty lucky with the lack of any real marine layer.  Don't worry though, we still have June, July and August.