SD Forecast Discussion

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FXUS66 KSGX 130955
AFDSGX

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service San Diego CA
255 AM PDT Mon Apr 13 2026

.SYNOPSIS...
Scattered showers will continue into this evening from the coast
to the mountains. There will be southwest to west winds for the
mountains and deserts with gusts to 35 to 45 mph for this
afternoon and evening. It will then be dry through next weekend.
High temperatures will warm to around average on Wednesday, cool a
few degrees on Thursday with gusty west winds for the mountains
and deserts, then warm into next weekend with high temperatures
for next weekend around 5 to 10 degrees above average.

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

.SHORT TERM (Today through Wednesday)...
A low pressure system from the northwest will move into to
southern California this morning, then move east of the area late
tonight. There will be gusty west winds for the mountains and deserts with
gusts to 35 to 45 mph for this afternoon and evening with gusts
to 40 to 50 mph along and below the desert slopes of the mountains
in San Diego County.

Scattered showers will continue at times into this evening with
additional rainfall of less than one-tenth inch near the coast to
one-tenth to one-quarter inch in the mountains, locally to one-
third to one-half inch in the San Diego County mountains. The snow
level will fall to 5500 to 6000 feet this morning, then fluctuate
in that range through this evening with snowfall of an inch or two
above 6000 to 6500 feet. Dry weather will then follow for Tuesday
through next weekend.

It will be cooler today with high temperatures as much as 20 to 25
degrees below average for the mountains above 6500 feet. High
temperatures for today will range from the mid to upper 50s for
the far inland valleys to the mid 60s for inland coastal areas and
the western valleys with the lower to mid 70s for the lower
deserts. There will be drying and warming for Tuesday and
Wednesday with Wednesday high temperatures around average. High
temperatures on Wednesday will range from the mid to upper 60s
near the coast to the 70s for the Inland Empire with the mid to
upper 80s for the lower deserts.

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.LONG TERM (Thursday through Sunday)...
A low pressure system moving into the Pacific Northwest on
Wednesday and into the Great Basin on Thursday will bring stronger
onshore flow to southwestern California on Thursday. High
temperatures on Thursday will be a few degrees cooler with west
winds gusting to 35 to 45 mph for the mountains and deserts.

There will be warming for Friday and Saturday with weak offshore
flow possible on Friday. High temperatures for next weekend will
be around 5 to 10 degrees above average with high temperatures
ranging from the lower 70s near the coast to the lower to mid 80s
for the Inland Empire with the lower deserts around 90.

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.AVIATION...
130930Z...Coasts/Valleys...SCT-BKN low clouds based 2500-4000
feet MSL, mostly BKN over San Diego County. SCT -SHRA today could
lower cigs to 2000 feet, especially in San Diego County.
-SHRA to gradually taper off NW to SE, with more SCT cloud
 conditions after 00Z overnight into Tuesday.

Mountains/Deserts...West to southwest winds gusting 25-35 kts
through passes and on to desert slopes. MOD up/downdrafts in lee
of mountains. SCT SHRA/SNSH will develop after 17Z and continue
through 00Z. Areas of terrain obscuration below 6000 feet MSL on
west/south facing slopes.

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.MARINE...
Isolated westerly wind gusts will exceed 20 kts this afternoon and
evening, generating choppy conditions. No hazardous conditions are
expected Tuesday through Friday.

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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...17
AVIATION/MARINE...MM

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