An overnight rain storm dropped less than an inch of rain in most parts of the county Saturday and was expected to linger through Sunday with scattered showers and colder temperatures.
“We have some unstable, colder air aloft moving in with a lot of moisture and a low-pressure trough with periodic scattered showers that will last at least through Sunday morning,” said National Weather Service meteorologist Maxwell Brandt. “Sunday afternoon the precipitation should taper off.”
Brandt said the southwest side of Palomar Mountain received the most rain countywide, registering 1.39 inches. Other observations include Rancho Bernardo at .71 inches, Poway with .52 inches and the .25 inches measured at Lindbergh Field.
“This is our first winter-like storm system,” said Brandt. “Temperatures will only be in the 60s today.”
He said the storm system will be gone by early next week and is expected to be replaced by drier and warmer weather.
“It could be quite warm, 5 to 10 degrees above normal, mostly in the 80s, in most of the metro area by Wednesday and perhaps Thursday too of next week,” Brandt said.
Cal Fire Capt. Kendal Bortisser said it rained all throughout rural East County last night and early this morning. But he said the amount received was negligible.
“It was a very minimal amount of rain, it will keep things wet and most for a few days, but it certainly was not enough to address the overall drought whatsoever,” Bortisser said. “We’re going to be in the peak fire season until Dec. 31.”
— City News Service