SAN DIEGO — The occasional, light and scattered rain (and mountain snow) shower can be expected through the day on Thursday as a powerful winter storm continues to weaken and exits to the east. Remaining precipitation should be limited to under one tenth of an inch and mostly in the morning hours before we dry out by evening and see more sunshine in the next several days.
Wednesday included scattered rain showers, cool temps and early morning snow across our local mountains. The bulk of heavy rain fell on Tuesday with most coastal communities totaling around 1.5" of rain since Sunday. Inland valleys climbed upwards of 2" and in some cases closer to 3" especially toward east county.
Flooding was reported at times due to the rapid rainfall. Several cities saw downed trees or power outages, while others noticed plenty of palm fronds scattered across the roads.
The only remaining weather alert is seen below, as all remaining storm-related alerts have expired including a Wind Advisory, Flood Watch, Winter Weather Advisory, and High Wind Warning.
A High Surf Advisory will remain in effect through Thursday night due to large breaking waves, especially along the southern portion of our coastline. This alert also creates the potential for additional beach erosion. Breaking waves should be between 6 and 9 feet with the occasional 12 foot set possible.
THURSDAY TEMPERATURES:
A dry stretch of weather will start on Thursday evening as the storm system exits east. We'll see sunshine and passing clouds through the start of next week. Zonal flow (no major dips or ridges in the jet stream) will set us up for only a minimal boost in temperatures.
For only a day or so, offshore flow and a influencing ridge of high pressure will encourage a temperature warm-up on Monday, but it will be short lived and mainly felt inland before we cool again with another disturbance expected to near from Tuesday through Thursday.
In turn, rain chances will drop dramatically from Thursday afternoon through Tuesday. It's not until Wednesday and Thursday arrive that we see another disturbance near the Southern California coastline.
Models show the next trough of low pressure around the Northwest by the middle of next week. It's still too far out for us to have any confidence in it's timing or whether we'll actually see any rain associated with it. Models will come into further agreement through the weekend and we can continue to update the forecast on what to expect.
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