While most of the country continues to feel the life-threatening impacts of a historic storm with bitterly cold temperatures and snow continuing to impact the northeast, San Diego will be enjoying a warm-up this Christmas weekend. Most of the county will be in the 70s this weekend with the warmer inland areas and the deserts in the 80s when the heat peaks on Christmas.
A strong high-pressure system is leading to these warm temperatures trending 5 to 15 degrees above average! Patchy dense fog will be possible near the coast each night and morning through the weekend, so be sure to check your airlines for any delays. A Dense Fog Advisory is in effect until 6am Saturday for visibility of a quarter of a mile or less.
Weak Santa Ana winds will impact the inland and mountains this weekend with localized easterly wind gusts of 20 to 45mph.
The warm weather lasts through Monday, the start of Kwanzaa, with temperatures plummeting Tuesday into the rest of next week as a series of storms roll through California including San Diego. Temperatures will drop 10 to 25 degrees by Wednesday with the first storm bringing a chance of showers by Tuesday evening with rain building into Wednesday.
Atmospheric rivers will target northern and central California into early next year. There remains uncertainty for the impacts here in San Diego but the storm Thursday and Friday looks to bring San Diego mostly lighter showers while a storm for the New Years' weekend could bring more widespread rain to the county.
Totals are uncertain this far out but these storms look to be relatively warm so snow is not looking likely for our mountains.
King Tides will impact Southern California beaches through Sunday with a secondary peak Saturday morning near 7 feet between 8am and 9am. The high tide coincides with waves of 2 to 4 feet leading to the threat of minor flooding in low-lying parking lots and boardwalks. Coastal erosion will also be a concern and extremely low tides each afternoon could impact boats. A Beach Hazards Statement continues until noon Saturday.
Impacted beaches include, but are not limited to, Mission Beach, Pacific Beach, Seaside, Cardiff State Beaches and Oceanside Strand.
Here are the King Tide times in SoCal from the National Weather Service:
Saturday: High tide 7.0 ft at 8:54 AM. Low tide -1.8 ft at 4:20 PM.
Sunday: High tide 6.7 ft at 9:42 AM. Low tide -1.5 ft at 5:08 PM.
Have a great and safe holiday weekend!
Christmas Eve Highs:
Coast: 70-74°
Inland: 73-79°
Mountains: 60-75°
Deserts: 74-79°
Christmas Day Highs:
Coast: 73-78°
Inland: 76-83°
Mountains: 61-76°
Deserts: 75-80°
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