Happy first day of Spring, it would be nice to have sunshine but rain will become heavier tomorrow with the arrival of the next atmospheric river.
Rain will be light today, but tomorrow it'll be widespread and heavy with the potential for flooding. Along with heavy rain, we also expect gusty winds capable of bringing down trees and powerlines, high surf for the coast until Thursday, and a slight chance of thunderstorms on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Timing:
Rain will become more widespread after 3am Tuesday, with the worst of the rain hitting between 6am and 7am, another wave between 11am-12pm Tuesday. There will be a break in the widespread rain in the afternoon with another wave of widespread and heavier rain by the evening time. On and off rain will continue through Wednesday, with possible thunderstorms. Any thunderstorm will be capable of producing heavy rain.
Totals:
Coast and valleys: 1 - 3"
Mountains: 2 - 5", see below for snow forecast
Deserts: .25 - .75"
Wind:
High Wind Warnings will be in effect from 10am to 10pm Tuesday for the coast, mountains and deserts. For the coast expect southwesterly winds of 25 to 35mph and gusts of 35 to 60mph with stronger winds in the mountains and deserts of 25 to 45mph and gusts of 50 to 85mph.
A Wind Advisory is in effect for the valleys from 6am to 10pm Tuesday for southerly winds of 20 to 30mph and gusts up to 50mph.
Snow:
Tuesday will bring just rain as snow levels will be high, above 6,000', but Tuesday night into Wednesday snow levels will drop between 4,000' and 4,500'.
A Winter Weather Advisory will be in effect from 10pm Tuesday until 10pm Wednesday where we expect 2 to 8" and locally up to a foot of wet snow; this includes Mt. Laguna, Palomar Mountain and Lookout Mountain. Julian will see a mix of rain and snow, although no snow is expected to accumulate.
Surf:
A High Surf Advisory will be in effect from 2am Wednesday until 9am Thursday for waves of 4 to 9 feet and sets up to 12 feet along with dangerous rip currents. Remember you should avoid going in the water due to bacteria runoff from the rain until 72 hours after the rain.
We dry out Thursday with sunshine returning Friday into the weekend. Minor warming when we'll see low to mid-60s for the coast and valleys, low-50s in the mountains and 70s in the deserts.
Tuesday's Highs:
Coast: 58-61°
Inland: 57-62°
Mountains: 44-56°
Deserts: 70-74°
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