***Hot and dry today***

 

***Cooling trend beginning Monday***

 

Low humidities and gusty southwest to west winds on the desert

slopes of the mountains for Monday afternoon through Tuesday

evening…

 

High pressure aloft will continue the hot dry weather for inland

areas today with the marine layer keeping coastal areas cooler

with higher humidities. Beginning Monday…high pressure aloft

will weaken as low pressure systems move inland along the West

Coast to the north. This will bring deepening of the marine layer

for Tuesday and Wednesday with cooling spreading inland for Monday

through Wednesday. Stronger onshore flow will bring gusty west

winds to the mountains and deserts during the late afternoon

through late evening each day. The combination of low humidities

and strong gusty southwest to west winds will increase the fire

potential along the desert slopes of the mountains into adjacent

desert areas for Monday afternoon through Tuesday evening. Minor day

to day temperature changes are then expected for Thursday into next

weekend with the marine layer becoming a little shallower.