Gentle west-southwesterly winds will persist through Monday, fostering a deep marine layer along the coast. The low clouds will push inland at night, bringing areas of mist and drizzle and keeping temperatures below normal.

A Gulf of Alaska storm will send several cold fronts to Oregon and far Northern California early this week, delivering moderate to heavy rain. By the time the fronts reach the Central Coast on Tuesday and Wednesday, they will weaken, leaving partly to mostly cloudy skies with only a few scattered showers.

Behind the system, gale-force northwesterly winds and clearing skies are expected Thursday into Friday.

A 975-millibar low in the Gulf of Alaska will dig a trough along the West Coast, producing gentle to moderate (8 to 18 mph) west-southwest winds through Monday.

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