An unsettled ambiance over Southern California may drive remoted storms throughout the area Monday afternoon, with an elevated likelihood for robust thunderstorms.
If circumstances enable, the thunderstorms may deliver gusty winds, temporary heavy showers, dry lightning and small hail Monday afternoon and night over a big swath of southwest California as a low stress system strikes in from the east. Such storms are almost definitely to kind over the mountains and foothills, in response to the Nationwide Climate Service.
“Now we have a low stress system that’s type of sitting out over Arizona proper now,” stated Kristan Lund, a Nationwide Climate Service meteorologist in Oxnard. “This can drift a little bit bit westward and it’ll deliver some colder temperatures aloft … and instability.”
That system is anticipated to conflict with hotter temperatures on the bottom — as a lot of Los Angeles County is forecast to succeed in into the 70s and 80s Monday — and with offshore winds, stated Casey Oswant, a Nationwide Climate Service meteorologist in San Diego.
“There’s quite a lot of power wrapping round that low stress [system], and as that will get into our space this afternoon, we expect further rounds of showers and thunderstorms,” Oswant stated.
Whereas dry lightning all the time brings a fireplace risk and heavy rain may cause localized flooding, climate officers stated these will stay comparatively minor considerations Monday.
The low stress system is anticipated to linger within the space Tuesday, with an opportunity for thunderstorms persisting, although that risk can be much more remoted than Monday, Oswant stated.
After Tuesday, meteorologists anticipate the area will stay dry by the weekend, when there’s an opportunity for additional precipitation — although that system continues to be creating and will change course within the coming days.
