The National Weather Service in San Diego forecasts a warm-up into Wednesday, followed by potential showers late Thursday into Saturday as the remnants of Hurricane Priscilla head toward southwestern California. According to an early morning update from the National Weather Service, the increasing high pressure to the southeast is responsible for the climbing temperatures, which, despite the warmth, will still be a few degrees below average for coastal areas and a few degrees above for the mountains and high desert.
For inland dwellers looking forward to the marine layer’s chill, expect that lowering clouds will not spread as far into the valleys by Wednesday. Although a mix of temperatures ranging from the 70s near the coast to the 90s in the lower deserts is on the horizon, by the weekend, “high temperatures for inland areas next Sunday as much as 5 to 10 degrees below average” are anticipated, as stated by the NWS San Diego in their latest report.
Attention then turns towards the anticipated moisture from the remnants of Hurricane Priscilla, with chances for showers peaking on Friday. Meteorologists at NWS San Diego suggest that the model cluster hinting at the wettest forecast for Southern California contains more than half of the ECMWF ensemble members, indicating a greater likelihood of significant rainfall…