Many San Diego County residents were left with wet feet and cold cheeks Friday as an unseasonable storm hit Alaska that brought snow, rain, hail, lightning, wind and some of the coldest temperatures the region has ever experienced. in more than a year.
“This feels more like January than April,” said Mark Moede, a forecaster with the National Weather Service.
The weekend will be mostly dry, but it won’t be time to put away the coats and sweaters just yet. San Diego’s daytime high will be in the 60s. San Diego International Airport recorded a high temperature of 60, 8 degrees below average for this time of year.
As has happened all winter, the cold northerly current fell toward Southern California on Thursday night and focused much of its energy on the San Diego metropolitan area on Friday. By dawn, many inland communities had recorded wind gusts between 30 and 40 mph.
Light snow also began falling on Interstate 8 east of Alpine, prompting an advisory to travelers from the California Highway Patrol. Palomar Mountain later reported 4 inches of snow and Julian 3 inches.
Hail fell on La Mesa, Allied Gardens, Del Cerro, Encinitas and La Jolla. Lightning struck in La Mesa, El Cajon, Rancho Santa Fe and Harbison Canyon, forecasters said.
The weather service said a weak storm could bring rain to local mountains and inland valleys on Monday afternoon. But it looks like skies will be reasonably clear Monday morning when a partial solar eclipse occurs.
The eclipse will begin at 10:03 a.m. and end at 12:23 p.m.
The weather service reported the following rainfall totals as of 2:32 p.m. Friday:
Pine Hills, 1.02 inches
Rest, 0.82 inches
Julian, 0.60 inches
Alpine, 0.56 inches
San Diego Country Estates, 0.55 inches
Miramar, 0.53 inches
Saint Ysabel, 0.52 inches
Henshaw Dam, 0.50 inch
Lake Cuyamaca, 0.42 inches
The Table, 0.41 inches
Field, 0.39 inches
Valley Center, 0.35 inches
Montgomery Field, 0.32 inches
Ramona, 0.31 inches
Bonsall, 0.28 inch
Oceanside, 0.24 inches
View, 0.24 inches
Kearny Table, 0.23 inch
Rancho Bernardo, 0.23 inches
Warner Springs, 0.23 inches
Encinitas, 0.22 inches
Poway, 0.20 inch
National City, 0.19 inches
Ranchite, 0.19 inches
Hidden, 0.18 inches
Saint Mark, 0.17 inches
Carlsbad, 0.15 inch
San Diego International Airport, 0.10 inches
Chula Vista: 0.07 inches
2024-04-06 00:00:58
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