San Diego County will gradually embrace the feeling of winter this week with cooler temperatures, a bit of rain, and maybe even a hint of snow on the higher peaks.
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But the National Weather Service says the region won’t get a lot of rain, which is badly needed in a county that is experiencing a moderate drought.
San Diego’s daytime high will hit 67 degrees Monday, one degree below normal. The maximum will be 65 degrees on Tuesday and Wednesday, 63 on Thursday and 61 on Friday.
A small low-pressure system is expected to produce drizzle late Monday night and early Tuesday. The humidity will cause precipitation on the highways, but it will not exceed 0.10 inches of water on the coast.
A larger system will arrive on Thursday and will likely generate chubazcos until Friday. But the precipitation will be light, amounting to just over 0.20 inches on the coast and modest amounts higher inland.
Forecasters say the storm will also produce light snow that will be mostly at the 7000-foot level, but some flakes could fall lower, reaching the tops of Mount Laguna and Palomar Mountain.
“The storm will be a knock-on effect that will usher in cooler weather,” said James Brotherton, a forecaster with the weather service.
San Diego International Airport has recorded 1.01 inches of rainfall since the rainy season began on October 1. The average for this point in the season is 1.47 inches.
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