It felt like spring today across the county with temperatures rising approximately 5 to 15 degrees above normal! We saw mostly 70s with a few 80s for warmer inland areas. High clouds will continue to spread in the sky over the weekend, with mostly partly cloudy conditions.
These clouds will keep nighttime temperatures fairly mild with 50 degrees Celsius in most parts of the province and 40 degrees Celsius in the mountains and some cooler inland areas.
Offshore winds targeted inland and mountainous areas today with widespread gusts ranging between 20 and 35 mph and peaking at over 40 to 50 mph. Click here to see the strongest winds where you live.
Weaker offshore winds will continue tomorrow with easterly winds between 10 and 25 mph into the mountains. Weak Santa Ana winds combined with high high pressure are leading to these warm days that will continue through the weekend. It will be nearly as warm on Saturday, a little cooler on Sunday with more chilliness early next week as another storm approaches San Diego.
This storm is expected to bring another round of rain and gusty winds Monday into Tuesday. This storm is expected to weaken as it moves inland, bringing scattered light to moderate rain with the brunt of the moisture likely to fall Monday night into Tuesday morning. Initial rainfall totals appear to be between 0.10 to 0.50 inches, much lighter than recent storms. Like the last two storms, this one also stalled offshore, so timing and totals are subject to the final track of where this storm goes. Be sure to stay with the Pinpoint Weather team for updates.
Things dry up by Wednesday with the weekend warming up. Another storm is likely the first weekend of March with more rain possible the first week of March.
Highest levels on Saturday:
Coast: 67-72 degrees
Interior: 72-79 degrees
Mountains: 60-75 degrees
Deserts: 77-80 degrees
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