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SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A week of hot, dry, windy conditions in San Diego County was predicted Sunday by the National Weather Service, and San Diego Gas & Electric warned some customers of possible power shutoffs. Because of the possibility of strong Santa Ana winds, the utility has contacted more than 1,000 customers warning them of potential power shutoffs. The at-risk communities include Boulder Creek, Boulevard, Cameron, Crestwood, La Posta, Valley Center East and Viejas. Offshore winds from the northeast will strengthen in...
SAN DIEGO - Showers and thunderstorms will be possible on Wednesday, Sept. 25 throughout San Diego County, according to the National Weather Service. A low pressure system currently hanging over Baja California could produce scattered showers and thunderstorms Wednesday and Thursday, particularly in the mountains and deserts, forecasters said. The chance of measurable precipitation has been set at 20% today in the county mountains and deserts. That chance will increase to 50% tonight in both areas, while the western valleys...
SAN DIEGO - Heavy humidity and sweltering temperatures that have gripped the San Diego area this week combined on Wednesday, Sept. 4 to generate thunderstorms and downpours from the region's mountains to its beaches. The bouts of lightning were most intense across the East County but also lit the skies in such coastal locations as Chula Vista, Oceanside and San Diego, according to the National Weather Service, which recorded 396 cloud-to-ground strikes over the day. The unsett...
SAN DIEGO - A heat wave is expected to send temperatures soaring well into the triple digits in the San Diego County deserts. The National Weather Service issued an excessive heat warning for the San Diego County deserts that will be in effect from 10 a.m. today through 8 p.m. Monday. High temperatures near the coast will be in the high 70s to low 80s today, while temperatures are expected to reach the high 80s today in the western valleys, forecasters said. A high of around 113 degrees is expected today in Borrego Springs....
SAN DIEGO - A late-spring hot spell kept much of San Diego County sweltering once again on Tuesday, June 11. In the inland valleys and mountains, the heat wave generated temperatures topping out in the high 80s, 90s and triple digits in the afternoon, according to the National Weather Service. In the local deserts, the thermometer readings climbed past the 110-degree mark, the federal agency reported. Along the coast, conditions were considerably more comfortable, with mercury readings maxing out in the mid-60s to high 70s. O...
SAN DIEGO - The week ahead is shaping up to be a wet and overcast one across San Diego County after the first of three possible storms brought light rains on Monday, May 20 and dropped temperatures several degrees, capped off by the threat of thunder and lightning tonight. Several areas of San Diego County have seen one-tenth of an inch of rain today, according to the National Weather Service. Forecasters expect the rainfall to resurge tonight -- along with possible thunder and lightning -- eventually totaling as much as...
SAN DIEGO - Gusty winds will buffet the San Diego County mountains and deserts on Wednesday, May 15 ahead of a low-pressure system that will bring a chance of rain throughout the region on Thursday, according to the National Weather Service. The winds blowing to the west and southwest prompted the NWS to issue a wind advisory that will be in effect from 5 p.m. Wednesday to 11 a.m. Friday in the mountains and deserts. Wind speeds today are expected to range from 20 to 30 mph with gusts of 45 mph possible along the desert...
SAN DIEGO - Scattered showers could fall in San Diego County on Tuesday, April 16 amid gusty wind conditions, meteorologists said. A low-pressure system moving south will bring a chance of scattered showers throughout the region today, according to the National Weather Service. The best chance of showers will be late this morning through this evening in the mountains, forecasters said. Rainfall totals could reach three-tenths of an inch in the mountains while less than one-tenth of an inch is expected everywhere else,...
SAN DIEGO - A pair of weak, low-pressure systems could bring scattered showers to San Diego County Thursday, April 4 and Friday, April 5, according to the National Weather Service. The first system will move inland across Southern California today and could begin dropping rain this morning, forecasters said. Around one-tenth of an inch of rain is expected near the coast and in the mountains today and Friday, while up to two-tenths of an inch could fall in the inland valleys and less than one-tenth of an inch is forecast for...
SAN DIEGO - The first of two Pacific storm systems is expected to reach San Diego County on Tuesday, March 6, bringing light to moderate rain through the end of the workweek, according to the National Weather Service. The initial cold trough moving in from the west will arrive in late this afternoon and could begin dropping rain tonight, forecasters said. The first storm cell is expected to drop up to a quarter-inch of rain in coastal and inland valley areas through late Wednesday night, anywhere from a half-inch to...
SAN DIEGO - A low-pressure system is expected to reach San Diego County, bringing precipitation and the possibility of heavy snowfall in the mountains, according to the National Weather Service. Frigid temperatures this morning prompted the NWS to issue a frost advisory that will last until 9 a.m. in parts of the inland valleys and deserts, including Escondido, Poway, San Marcos, Santee and Borrego Springs. The advisory indicates a likelihood of temperatures dropping to...
Update: Feb. 14, 5:30 p.m. The National Weather Service said the flood warning for San Diego County is being allowed to expire at 5:15 p.m. The NWS reports the widespread, heavy rain has ended, with only residual light to moderate rain occurring over the mountains and parts of the desert. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a significant threat, but people should remain alert for residual standing water in poorly drained locales this evening. Today's rainfall set more than...
SAN DIEGO - Keep that umbrella handy. A brief respite in the San Diego area's notably wet winter will end this week as yet another storm sweeps through, bringing widespread showers across the county over the next several days, meteorologists advised. Due to the predicted intensity of some of the downpours, the National Weather Service has issued a flash-flood watch for local coastal, valley and mountain communities, effective from late Wednesday night through Thursday evening. The rains are expected to deliver around 1.5...
SAN DIEGO - A final storm system is expected to drop moderate rainfall on Monday, Feb. 4 and could even bring snow to the San Diego County mountains, forecasters said. Intermittent showers will begin this morning and persist through Tuesday night, according to the National Weather Service. Coastal and inland-valley areas are expected to get anywhere between four-tenths of an inch and three-quarters of an inch of rainfall today while between 1.5 and 2.3 inches is forecast for the county mountains and less than one-tenth of an...
SAN DIEGO - Intermittent periods of rain showers are expected to continue through Tuesday night, with significant accumulation of snow in the mountains, according to the National Weather Service. Rain is expected to continue through this afternoon, then the third storm cell will bring lighter precipitation Monday morning through Tuesday, NWS meteorologist Stephanie Sullivan said, adding that the break between the final two storm cells is not expected to be as definitive as after the first. On Saturday, rainfall totals of a ha...
FALLBROOK - The National Weather Service in San Diego has issued a Flash Flood Warning for Northwestern San Diego County until 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 2. Some locations that will likely experience flooding include Oceanside, Carlsbad, Temecula, Vista, Encinitas, Del Mar, Fallbrook, Valley Center, and Camp Pendleton. For additional information please visit the National Weather Service at www.weather.gov/sgx....
SAN DIEGO - The second of three storms is expected to arrive in San Diego County on Friday, Feb. 1, bringing heavier precipitation than the first storm throughout the weekend, according to the National Weather Service. The fast-moving storm system Thursday dropped around 1 inch of rain in some inland-valley areas while the county deserts received around two-tenths of an inch, the NWS reported. In a 24-hour period ending around 3 a.m., the highest precipitation totals were 1.09 inches in La Mesa; 1.05 in Santee; 1.02 in...
The National Weather Service (NWS) in San Diego has issued an urban and small stream flood advisory for western San Diego County until 4:15 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 31. The NWS Doppler radar indicated a line of rain and isolated thunderstorms moving east into western San Diego County. Rainfall rates of 0.20 to 0.40 per hour are expected. "This will likely cause urban and small stream flooding in the advisory area," said NWS. "Avoid the low lying areas and expect ponding of water...
SAN DIEGO - A final round of precipitation, possibly the heaviest of the week, is falling over San Diego County along with high winds in the mountains and high surf at the beaches. As of 8 a.m., the wet weather over the past four days had brought the least rain to San Ysidro -- at 0.63 of an inch -- while Julian received the brunt of the storms -- with 2.41 inches of rain, according to the National Weather Service. Along the coast, Oceanside received 1.38 inches over the four-day span while Brown Field airport in Otay Mesa...
SAN DIEGO - This second weekend of the new year is bringing bring some downpours and dustings of mountain snow to the San Diego area, much the same as the first week of 2019. A south-moving storm began dousing the county with rain and frozen white flakes early today, the National Weather Service advised. Most coastal, inland-valley and mountain locales will get anywhere from a quarter-inch to three-quarters of an inch of precipitation, and the deserts likely will receive between a quarter-inch and a half-inch of rain over...
SAN DIEGO - Get set for a wet weekend. A low-pressure trough moving over Southern California is due to deliver rain and a chance of mountain snow to the San Diego area on Saturday and Sunday. The winter storm is expected to drop one-quarter to a half-inch of precipitation along the coast and across the inland valleys, up to an inch in the East County highlands, and one-tenth of an inch to a quarter-inch in the deserts, according to the National Weather Service. The unsettled atmospheric system also may put down some layers...
SAN DIEGO - A mild autumn storm brought moderate but steady rainfall to the San Diego area today. The low-pressure atmospheric system sweeping through Southern California is expected to keep producing local showers into Friday morning, according to the National Weather Service. As of early this evening, the bands of dark clouds had dropped anywhere from a few hundredths of an inch to more than three-quarters of an inch of moisture across the county, the weather service reported. Bonsall received 0.55 inches of rain and...
SAN DIEGO - A low-pressure system sweeping into Southern California will bring rain throughout San Diego County on Wednesday and continue through Friday morning, according to the National Weather Service. The storm system is expected to bring rainfall to the northern reaches of the county this morning before spreading throughout the rest of the county this afternoon, according to the NWS. NWS meteorologists say the storm will drop between 1 to 2 inches of rain in coastal...
Besides wind and rain, the first storm of the season brought along a few rainbows too....
Residents throughout San Diego County awoke to rainfall today as the season's first major storm moved through the area, but forecasters said the bulk of the precipitation will likely come this afternoon. In a 24-hour period that ending at 9 a.m., the storm had dropped 0.29 of an inch of rain in Fallbrook, 0.21 of an inch in Bonsall, 0.14 of an inch in Oceanside, 0.28 of an inch in Escondido, 0.39 of an inch in Julian, 0.67 of an inch near Palomar Mountain, 0.17 of an inch in...