SD Forecast Discussion

704
FXUS66 KSGX 082144
AFDSGX

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service San Diego CA
144 PM PST Mon Dec 8 2025

.SYNOPSIS...
Warm and dry conditions with periods of Santa Ana winds expected
this week. The peak of the heat is expected Tuesday and Wednesday.
Mostly clear skies will prevail through Friday, with low clouds and
fog returning to coastal areas as early as Saturday morning.

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.DISCUSSION...FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING ORANGE...
SAN DIEGO...WESTERN RIVERSIDE AND SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO
COUNTIES...

Peak wind gusts so far today have mostly been 40-45 mph. The only
exceptions have been at Lytle Creek Ridge, which gusted to 47 mph
and Devil Canyon which gusted to 46 mph. A peak wind gust summary
has been headlined on our weather.gov/sandiego homepage. The surface
high pressure over the Great Basin will remain in place through
Friday, continuing periods of weak to locally moderate Santa Ana
winds. Strongest winds will remain confined to coastal mountain
slopes, foothills, and below passes into Tuesday morning with gusts
25-45 mph. Weaker winds are expected on Wednesday and Thursday with
a bump up in winds possible Friday, although those winds have begun
to trend weaker. The airmass getting pushed into Southern California
from the Great Basin will be dry, with minimum afternoon relative
humidity for inland areas falling to 10 to 20% each afternoon
through Friday, bringing periods of elevated fire weather
conditions.

An upper level ridge over the East Pacific will remain over the US
West Coast, bringing an increase in high temperatures. High
temperatures on Tuesday will be 15 to 20 degrees above average.
Widespread highs in the low to mid 80s are forecast across the
inland coastal areas into the valleys as well as the low deserts.
Weaker Santa Ana winds and a weakening in the upper level ridge will
allow for minor cooling for the coast on Wednesday with further
cooling into the valleys on Thursday but highs will remain 10 to 20
degrees above average. Nights and mornings will remain cool,
especially in the wind-sheltered areas, minimizing any heat impacts.
Further cooling is expected into the weekend as weak onshore flow
returns, but temperatures will continue to run above average.

Low clouds and fog are not expected to impact land areas through
much of this week due to persistent offshore flow. The pressure
gradient will switch onshore this weekend with chances of low clouds
and fog developing at the coast and western valleys as early as
Saturday.

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.AVIATION...
082130Z...Clear and VFR conditions will prevail through Tuesday
afternoon. Pockets of northeast winds gusting 25-35 kts mainly in
foothills and adjacent valleys through Tuesday.

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.MARINE...
Tonight, 30-40% chance for patchy fog development over the marine
waters after 7 PM. Otherwise, no hazardous marine conditions are
anticipated through Saturday.

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.SKYWARN...
Skywarn activation is not requested. However weather spotters are
encouraged to report significant weather conditions.


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.SGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CA...None.
PZ...None.

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PUBLIC...CO
AVIATION/MARINE...Westerink

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