San Diego residents, prepare for a dynamic shift in weather as the National Weather Service San Diego and detailed forecasts indicate a movement from sunny skies to potential showers and cooling temperatures over the coming days. According to the NWS San Diego, the region will experience "continued warmer inland today with areas of dense fog for coastal areas early this morning." This will change, however, as a cooling trend takes hold from Tuesday to Thursday, bringing showers and possibly isolated thunderstorms by Thursday evening.
Today, however, starts with areas of fog before 10 AM, subsequently clearing to sunny skies with a high near 82 degrees, as described by the National Weather Service. As the fog dissipates, a northwest wind of 5 to 10 mph will greet the city. "Patchy fog after 10pm" is expected to return, bringing low visibility and mostly cloudy conditions with a low around 61 degrees. Veterans Day will see partly sunny skies, with a calm wind picking up to around 5 mph in the morning, peaking at a near 78 degrees.
While the short term presents mild conditions, the latter half of the week will witness a dramatic shift. The weather outlook from NWS San Diego projects "high temperature for today will range from the 70s near the coast to the mid 80s to lower 90s for the valleys," but these will dip significantly by Wednesday. The low-pressure system tracking towards California is responsible for this impending change, causing temperatures to fall to around 70 near the coast and to remain in the 70s to around 80 for the valleys by mid-week.
More significantly, the long-term forecast anticipates rainfall commencing Thursday. "The most likely rainfall through Friday night is from one-half to one inch near the coast to 1 to 1.5 inches for mountains, locally 1.5 to 2.5 inches for the coastal slopes of the San Bernardino County mountains," as per the NWS San Diego synopsis. By Thursday, showers are likely to evolve into thunderstorms after 4 pm, with an 80% chance of precipitation, bringing cooler temperatures and wetter conditions into the weekend. Snow levels, currently standing above 10,000 feet, will fall to 5,500 to 6,500 feet from Friday morning through the night.
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