As forecast and right on cue, a weak frontal system passed through our area Thursday, bringing us a quick blast of much cooler, Autumn-like weather, with a few showers around the region, even a little dusting of snow across the highest elevations; all very typical weather for this time of year, hence the official start to Fall on Friday! Troughing will remain in place across the west through the weekend bringing us unseasonably cool conditions; compared to our normal of 72 & 38 this time of year. Mostly clear skies on tap for Friday, cool and breezy with W-NW winds 10-20pm, highs only in the 50's. We'll experience a very minor warm-up for our first Fall weekend as daytime highs top out near 60-degrees, while overnight lows generally cool to the 30's, although a few locations may hit the 20's; locally breezy at times. Another first for this season, a dry offshore flow is expected to develop Sunday-Monday, bringing inland locations some gusty, northeast Santa Ana winds; limited cold air advection should still allow temperatures to slowly recover throughout the week. Highs should reach the lower to mid 60's again on Monday, to the upper 60's through midweek, before topping out around 70-degrees closer to next weekend as the forecast remains high and dry! Longer range forecast models calling for above normal temperatures and dry weather headed into October. |
