DAYS 1-5 (JULY 11-15)

Mid July. Typical-feeling July weather. Fits nicely. The pattern this week will feature more seasonable to even a little warmer than normal July weather, but will still present limited rain chances – only 1 day out of the next 5, so we will see the drought conditions expand a little more during this time. First, high pressure shifts offshore today and we warm up with a developing southwesterly breeze, but dew points only creep up slowly, so you won’t really notice the higher humidity until we get to tonight, and especially Tuesday, when the heat will be here. We haven’t had too many “hot” days so far this summer, so highs in the upper 80s to lower 90s will feel rather hot when they come along with the higher humidity. But this combo is really only around for one day, as a cold front will move across the region Tuesday night, presenting the chance of showers and thunderstorms from late in the day to the early hours of Wednesday. As the front moves offshore, Wednesday’s humidity level will drop, though it will still be quite warm as the air mass behind this front is not very much cooler than the one ahead of it. It will take until Thursday and Friday when high pressure sends a more northerly air flow into our area that we will see a little more cooling, but not down to below normal levels that we had this past weekend. We’ll have to keep an eye on the front that goes by as it won’t be all that far away from us later in the week, but right now I think it may just help generate some areas of clouds that will make occasional appearances in our sky those days. While we could use it, it’s likely that any rainfall will remain to our south during that time.

TODAY: Sunshine – patchy high clouds. Highs 81-88, coolest South Coast. Dew point rising through 50s. Wind S to SW 5-15 MPH, a few higher gusts.

TONIGHT: Mostly clear to partly cloudy. Lows 61-68. Dew passing 60. Wind SW 5-15 MPH.

TUESDAY: Sun/cloud mix. Potential showers/thunderstorms by late-day. Highs 86-93. Dew point rising through 60s. Wind SW 10-20 MPH, higher gusts.

TUESDAY NIGHT: Variably cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. Areas of fog. Lows 63-70. Dew point 60s. Wind SW to variable 5-15 MPH.

WEDNESDAY: Lots of clouds early with additional showers South Coast, otherwise sun/cloud mix. Highs 85-92. Dew point falling through the 60s. Wind variable up to 10 MPH early, then NW 5-15 MPH.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT: Mostly clear. Patchy fog interior valleys. Lows 57-64. Dew point upper 50s. Wind W under 10 MPH.

THURSDAY: Partly sunny. Highs 78-85. Dew point upper 50s. Wind NW up to 10 MPH with coastal sea breezes possible.

THURSDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy. Lows 58-65. Dew point middle 50s. Wind N up to 10 MPH.

FRIDAY: Partly sunny. Highs 78-85, coolest coast. Dew point middle 50s. Wind N up to 10 MPH with coastal sea breezes.

DAYS 6-10 (JULY 16-20)

An area of high pressure pushes over the region with fair, warm weather July 16 then offshore with increasing humidity for the end of that weekend on July 17, at which time an approaching front from the west brings an increased chance for showers and possible thunderstorms. This system may be rather slow-moving so a shower/thunderstorm opportunity may be present on July 18 as well before drier weather returns for later in the period with seasonably warm temperatures.

DAYS 11-15 (JULY 21-25)

A more typical summertime pattern with a bit more humidity and warm to borderline hot weather – though early indications are not for major heat. Opportunities for showers and thunderstorms will be limited, but not absent.