Heat the Southwest; Fire Weather in the Central U.S.; Kona Low Impacting Hawaii
A rare March heat wave is ongoing with much above-normal temperatures over the Southwest U.S. through this weekend. Periods of critical fire weather will persist from the central Rockies to the central and southern Plains through the weekend as gusty winds and low relative humidity continue. A Kona low will continue to bring several rounds of moderate to heavy rainfall to Hawaii through Sunday. Read More >
| NWS Forecast for: Monterey Bay (PZZ535) Issued by: National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area/Monterey, CA Last Update: 857 AM PDT Sun Mar 22 2026 | |
| Today: N wind around 5 kt, backing to NW late this morning and afternoon. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave detail: NW 5 ft at 10 seconds. Tonight: NW wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming N after midnight. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave detail: NW 5 ft at 10 seconds. Mon: N wind around 5 kt, backing to NW in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave detail: W 4 ft at 9 seconds. Mon Night: NW wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming N after midnight. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave detail: NW 4 ft at 10 seconds. Tue: NE wind around 5 kt, backing to NW in the afternoon. Seas around 3 ft. Wave detail: NW 3 ft at 10 seconds. Tue Night: NW wind 10 to 15 kt, becoming N 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas around 3 ft. Wave detail: NW 3 ft at 8 seconds. Wed: N wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming NW 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas around 3 ft. Wave detail: NW 3 ft at 7 seconds. Wed Night: NW wind 15 to 20 kt, easing to 10 to 15 kt after midnight. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave detail: NW 5 ft at 9 seconds and SW 2 ft at 14 seconds. Thu: NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave detail: NW 6 ft at 11 seconds and SW 2 ft at 14 seconds. Thu Night: NW wind 10 to 15 kt, becoming N 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave detail: W 5 ft at 11 seconds. locally lower winds and seas across sheltered portions of the bay. | |
| Zone Forecast: Monterey Bay (PZZ535) | |
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