Scattered wet storms today***

***Cooler weather this weekend into the first part of next week***

Very humid conditions will continue over Southern California as monsoonal moisture lingers over the area. However, a weak low pressure area approaching the Bay Area will turn the flow aloft to the southwest Friday which should help push the moisture east of the area. Yesterday, widespread wetting rains occurred over the San Bernardino and Cleveland National Forest with scattered convection occurring from Santa Barbara County eastward through Kern County and into the central Mojave Desert. Wetting rains also occurred further north across Yosemite N.P. Over 2” of rain fell near Palomar with other areas seeing, in general, a tenth to a quarter of an inch. Today, storms will be possible in these same areas, but the storms will be most numerous in the desert with fewer storms expected elsewhere compared to Wednesday. The storms may also move slower today which may increase the chance of flooding in recently burned areas. High temperatures will continue to be well above normal with highs up to 105 the central CA interior valleys. Friday, only isolated storms are expected in the Angeles, San Bernardino and Cleveland N.F.’s with most storms remaining in the Sierras and Inyo N.F. Saturday into the first part of next week, scattered showers will develop each afternoon in the Sierras, but the rest of the district should be precipitation-free with RH levels returning to more normal levels. The marine layer will likely return to the coast by Sunday with stratus becoming quite deep for this time of year by next Monday or Tuesday.