SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The rain isn’t going away just yet in San Diego.
Saturday, San Diegans were able to enjoy a brief break from the showers and thunderstorms that hit the county last week, but the rain returns on Sunday.
What Thursday’s lightning storm looked like in San Diego area
On Sunday, the coast and inland valleys have a 20-35% chance of rain while the mountains and deserts will see a 30-40% chance of showers.
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The wet weather will drop as much as 0.10″ of rain along the coastline, inland valleys and deserts through Monday night.
Meanwhile, the mountains could get between 0.25″ – 0.50″ of rainfall.
The wet pattern continues for Southern California. Our next chance of rain will be Sunday. Greatest chances in San Diego County (especially in the mountains) where moderate rainfall rates will be possible. (National Weather Service)
On Monday, rain chances die down, but not for long.
Tuesday expect more rain showers and thunderstorms across the county with potential for lightning, erratic winds and choppy seas.
Cal Fire ramps up staffing ahead of dry lightning, gusty winds
That instability in the atmosphere will disrupt our marine layer inversion, meaning cloud cover will gradually decrease by the beaches.
As low pressure pulls up tropical moisture, temperatures will cool down below seasonal averages.
Full forecast at fox5sandiego.com/weather
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