What to Know
- Rain is likely this weekend, but will remain light
- Strongest chance of rain on Saturday afternoon/evening and Sunday afternoon/evening
- Winds will be strongest in the evening and overnight hours each night through Sunday
San Diego is on track for a cooler end to the week as low-pressure swings over Southern California through the weekend, bringing rain and high winds to the county.
San Diegans awoke to mostly sunny skies on Sunday morning after on and off showers Saturday night. Another round of showers is possible Sunday night.
"This system is impacting Northern California, Central California. For us, we're only getting the tail-end of the system, and it's going to be moving rather quickly in, and it's going to be moving out as it weakens," Perez said.
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Perez says windy conditions will be one of the biggest impacts of this system. Southerly winds over the coast and inland valleys could gust up to 25 mph and up to 65 mph over the mountains and deserts, where a wind advisory is in effect until 2 a.m. on Monday. Winds will pick up Saturday and Sunday night and overnight through Monday morning.
Another big impact is the cold temperatures. Sunday will likely be the coldest day with daytime highs 10 to 15 degrees below average for this time of year.
Drier and warmer weather is set to return on Monday and will carry over through the rest of the week, Perez said.
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Saturday night's rainfall totals
Here’s a look at some of some rainfall totals from last night:
Vista: 0.12’’
Fallbrook: 0.20’’
Ramona: 0.15’’
Palomar Mountain: 0.48’’
Julian: 0.44’’
SUNDAY
- Coast: Afternoon/evening showers - low 60s
- Inland: Afternoon/evening showers - mid to low 60s
- Mountains: Afternoon/evening showers - upper 40s to low 50s
- Deserts: Sunny and breezy - low 70s
Feeling like it's been raining on the weekends a lot lately?
Do you feel like it's been a gloomy start to 2024? You're not wrong. It's rained five times on a weekend since "the water year" started on Oct. 1, 2023, according to the NWS.
Just three of those weekends have been in March 2024 alone, Martell added.
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