Overview
- Isolated showers and rapidly developing storms are possible tonight and into early next week, though activity should diminish overnight.
- An area of low pressure is expected to form offshore early this week while high pressure builds to the north, a pattern that will tighten the pressure gradient.
- That tight gradient is forecast to produce breezy to gusty onshore winds from midweek through the weekend, increasing surf heights and rip‑current risk.
- The system should pull in cooler, drier air by late week with nighttime lows falling into the 60s and daytime highs around the mid‑80s.
- Recent rainfall has improved local drought ratings but an overall rainfall deficit remains, and officials urge beachgoers and mariners to monitor National Weather Service and marine forecasts for real‑time warnings and tide‑related flooding updates.