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Boy, what a fantastic day it was
here in San Diego, our daytime high,
right where it should be at 66 degrees,
67, the 30 year average.
The big number though on that board is
the actual rainfall so far this year,
basically 7 1/2 inches.
That puts us basically 3 inches above where
we should be and I will take that and.
More rain on the way.
The other number to look at is the 42
degree reading for our overnight low
that's that's a little bit chilly,
supposed to be at 51,
but 42 and it's going to get
colder as some cold air is coming
into Southern California.
We've got a winter storm watch for
all of the mountains of San Diego
County that starts on Sunday in the
afternoon and last through Tuesday
in the early morning as some very
cold Canadian air is heading our
way and we have a wind advisory
from the Imperial County line all
the way through the mountains and.
You will see windy conditions all
the way out to the coastline.
Just because there's the blue
stops right there doesn't mean
the wind suddenly stops.
We continue to see the winds
make their way into the foothills
around the county today.
On Friday we saw temperatures
in the mid to upper 60s,
low 70s in the inland microclimates.
Today is definitely warmer than
what we're going to be seeing as
we make our way into Saturday and
forecast temperatures are going
to be considerably cooler,
especially in the inland microclimates
where we'll barely get into the.
Mid to low 60s pretty much everywhere,
and the mountain temperatures
stay in the low fifties to upper
40s as some much cooler air and
cloud cover starts to make its way
into Southern California.
So temps cool down and the clouds
increase throughout the day on Saturday.
Rain and mountain snow starts Sunday
early in the morning or late Saturday
night depending on how you do things
if you stay out late Saturday night.
You will see some precipitation if
you get up early Sunday morning.
You will see some rain or snow cold
with snow levels dropping down to
3000 feet by late Sunday into Monday
and some very windy conditions
30 to 50 mph out of the northwest
once the front passes over us.
Taking a look at current conditions
in San Diego,
currently we're looking at
a 57 degree reading.
Winds are calm,
so we're not really seeing any activity yet.
Everything's going to flip in
the atmosphere on Saturday.
Into Sunday now if you're able to get
out and do some surfing on Saturday,
you'll find some pretty good conditions.
The winds will start to pick up a little bit,
and it won't be nearly as sunny
in the afternoon.
Surf running two to four feet
out of the West northwest Rip
current risk in the moderate range,
but check out the tides.
How little they change
the high at 3:30 at 2.8.
Coming from that low in the morning?
A 1.2 so. 1.6 feet in tidal change,
that's not going to make a huge difference.
So the cold air is in
place over the Great Basin.
It's 27 in Truckee this evening.
We'll see all that cold air start to
settle and make its way southward.
And as it does,
that'll bring those snow levels way down
through much of Southern California.
The Big Bear Lake will also
be seeing some snow at this.
So if you're going to be
making your way up to, say,
Snow Summit, Bear Mountain,
Snow Valley or over into the
San Gabriels Mountain High,
they'll be making a lot of snow.
And they will also be
getting about 2 to 4 inches.
It looks like the focus of this storm though,
on Southern California will
be here in San Diego.
So here's the area of low pressure.
Here's the high pressure that's been
giving us the really nice weather conditions.
But notice it shifted a little bit more.
And now the flow digging down
out of the north.
And that's why we call this an inside slider.
Instead of the storm
coming in off the Pacific,
it's coming down out of Canada on the inside.
And we'll slide into Southern California.
It'll pick up moisture.
Out over the ocean and then that will
start to wrap in around the cold air.
And with this low digging southward,
it'll focus on Southern California
and San Diego.
And as it moves through,
we here in San Diego could see about
four to six inches of snow down to
5000 feet down to the 3000 foot level
and maybe about two to three inches.
That means even into the
eastern parts of Alpine,
another low sitting out in the Pacific.
But this is the high that
replaces that inside slider.
Well,
and that will give us some slightly
warmer temperatures as we make our way
into the second-half of the work week.
Looking at how the rain is going to come in,
you see how it's kind of sporadic.
And then we get widespread as we
go into the afternoon on Sunday.
And then the next wave with
the colder air settles in.
And that brings the snow into our
mountains and some pretty heavy snow
at times in the Palomar Mountain
area and the Mount Laguna area.
And then the rains taper off as
we go throughout the day and then
we start to see some clearing.
Here's your rainfall totals.
Then you can extrapolate this
rainfall into snow totals.
So as I said,
about 3 to 6 inches above 5000 feet.
About 1/2 an inch as we make our
way out towards the coastline.
So some pretty good amounts of
rain that will add to our total
which we're ahead of.
And I mentioned the winds picking up
and watch how they start to increase
throughout the day on Saturday and
into the evening.
And then as the front comes onshore
you see the wind switch and go
on shore we see some very windy
conditions from the coastline,
especially over the mountains
and into the deserts.
Here's your eight day microclimate
forecast and the rain starts to arrive
late Saturday night into Sunday,
lingering into Monday morning.
We start to see some clearing
and temperatures warming
as we get into Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday,
very close to where we should be inland.
You could touch into the 70s and
there's the snow in the mountains
and then we all start to dry out.
That's a look at your extended
weather forecast.
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