County to enjoy drier, warmer spring days before cooling returns midweek

FILE California poppies stretch for sunshine in Lake Elsinore Chris Stone Dry and warmer weather is expected for San Diego for the first part of the week with gradual cooling setting in by midweek accompanied by low clouds and fog near the coast High temperatures will continue to cool with high temperatures for Friday and Saturday a limited degrees below average near the coast to to degrees below average for the mountains the National Weather Utility s San Diego office declared Monday High temperatures on Friday and Saturday are expected to range from the lower s near the coast to the mid s to lower s for the Inland Empire with the lower deserts in the lower to mid s The warming is expected to return early next week Inland valley areas will be mostly sunny through Tuesday with highs in the mid- s then patchy fog and partly cloudy conditions will move in by Wednesday morning Coastal San Diego can expect light winds until at least Tuesday with a mix of partly cloudy conditions through the week and highs ranging in the mid- s Deserts will see warmer weather with highs ranging in the mid- s to low- s Mountain areas will see mainly party cloudy conditions through the week with a little sun expected Tuesday and highs ranging in the s to low s Tuesday s San Diego surf forecast includes a low-risk rip current with surf from to feet and southwest swell from degrees No hazardous marine conditions are expected through Friday City News Function contributed to this record