***North winds possible Thursday night through Friday night***

***Offshore winds and warmer temperatures this weekend***

The cooling trend that began yesterday will continue through Thursday as temperatures trend downward 2-4 degrees each day.  By Thursday, highs will be in the 60s along the coast to the 70s in the valleys.  Local west to northwest winds of 10-20 mph will be possible this afternoon along the central coast and in the southern Owens Valley into the central Mojave.  RH should be higher this afternoon over most areas.  A trough heading into the Great Basin will generate another windy period beginning Thursday night which will last through next Sunday night or Monday.  Thursday night, local north winds of 15-30 mph will be possible across Santa Barbara County, the I-5 Corridor and the Kern County Mountains.  Local RH may fall into the 20-30% by early Friday morning with these areas seeing very low RH by the afternoon.  Similar windspeeds will be possible Friday night.  This weekend, the flow will transition to a northeast, offshore orientation which will cause the windy areas to shift into Ventura County, the Santa Clarita Valley, the Santa Ana Canyon and other areas which typically see windy weather during offshore flow.  The winds in these areas will increase Saturday, likely peaking in strength Saturday night into Sunday.  In general, winds during the weekend look far weaker than those that occurred Monday.  The windiest areas will see velocities in the 15-30 mph with locally higher gusts possible Sunday morning.  Temperatures over coastal and valley areas will climb back toward the 90 degree mark Saturday and Sunday across Southern California.  Cooler, onshore flow will quickly return by Tuesday as a wetter system takes aim at the Pacific Northwest and the far northern part of California.