Goodbye Finest Stuff. Hello Greydom.

Well, it is not really that bad.  Sun will be out some time during the day, but the sunrises and heat of the last week to ten days are now a thing of the past.  My friend said he was out walking the dog at Midnight on Saturday and he knew the next day would be more typical summer.  The air was wet.  And so returns the marine layer.  And it is a thick and low one.  Hell, NPR just posted a correction, calling the dense fog, really dense.  It is.  Here is what we can look forward to over the next few days.  Things edge toward a better forecast as we move through the week.

Catch and release was this guy's favorite game.  Wells Beach, Maine.

We start off with that really dense fog on Monday, clearing out from the west side around 11AM.  The east side may take a bit longer to clear, but it will likely get warmer in the Live Oak area as opposed to Mission Street.  That fog actually should linger along the coast west of town pretty much all day.  While that will keep the sea breeze down, it will has suppress the high temps for the day.  Expect upper 60s in all but the warmest parts of town.  Even downtown will find it hard breaking into the 70s.  Best be hanging out at the CostCo or Home Depot parking lots.  Asphalt will be your friend.  More of the same for Tuesday.  By Wednesday we could see a light south flow developing, and we may see fog lingering in town even until early afternoon.  Almost as if we were in a June Gloom.  And it remains cools.  Thursday will bring some warming.  And also some surf.  Yay!

Finally, right?  Still fog persists.  The good news is warmer air will move into the region and we will boost back into the low to mid 70s.  Chilly foggy mornings with sunny afternoons.  Fog could linger through the day on the north coast.  And winds remain light.  A small long period south swell should arrive some time on Wednesday, with a bigger boost to end out the week.  And, a mid period north west swell should arrive on Thursday.  So look for your best combo break to make the most of it.  Wave heights will vary, depending on the break, from waist high to possibly a few feet overhead.  Surf should drop, but persist through the weekend.  Foggy mornings, and mid 70s and sun for the afternoon persists through the weekend.  Looking at the GFS, it looks like the lows moving into the Gulf of Alaska will not get enough east before being pushed north to do much to help suppress the fog machine.  The weather has shifted, every so slightly, from fall-like, back to summer-like.  Hopefully we shift back for next week.  I was enjoying that.