One other cloudy, cool weekend is on faucet for Southern California, with a strengthening marine layer anticipated to drop temperatures and presumably deliver drizzles by the tip of the week.
“We’re undoubtedly in that point of yr, the ‘Might grey’/‘June gloom’ season,” stated Richard Thompson, meteorologist with the Nationwide Climate Service in Oxnard. Anybody headed to the seaside to have a good time the Memorial Day weekend ought to deliver a sweatshirt, he stated.
A powerful onshore circulation is driving clouds inland within the evenings and mornings, preserving the marine layer very deep and broad — pushing it even into Los Angeles County’s inland valleys by Thursday and Friday.
Whereas Tuesday is shaping as much as see a bit extra sunshine than the previous few days, Thompson stated, the rays aren’t anticipated to final lengthy.
“It appears prefer it’s going to get extra gloomy tomorrow and proceed by way of the weekend,” Thompson stated Tuesday morning. It’s a “continuation of the sample we’ve seen the previous few days.”
On Thursday and into the weekend, the deep marine layer isn’t anticipated to burn off every day till late within the afternoon — if in any respect — whereas stretching into the Santa Clarita Valley and L.A. County foothills, Thompson stated. That sample will deliver barely cooler, below-normal temperatures, with highs remaining within the mid to higher 60s for a lot of the area.
There’s even a possible for patchy or mild drizzling starting Thursday, with the possibility of rain growing into the weekend, Thompson stated.
However by Monday, climate officers stated a slight shift ought to start, with the low clouds and fog now not lingering into the afternoon.
“It will likely be getting nicer for Memorial Day itself, however the first half of the weekend will likely be [on the] gloomier facet,” stated Brian Adams, a Nationwide Climate Service meteorologist in San Diego.
“As soon as we get by way of the cool weekend right here, it does seem like issues will begin to heat up early subsequent week,” Thompson stated.
