Odd weather could bring lightning to coast

A low pressure system is slowly moving across northern Baja, sending moisture to San Diego County. NWS

A low pressure system is slowly drifting across northern Baja California, sending moist, unstable monsoonal air into San Diego County, where it could produce thunderstorms and lightning between now and late Sunday night, says the National Weather Service. Such systems usually don't dawdle in that area this time of year, funneling moisture to San Diego. Forecasters say the chances of lightning at the coast are still small; it typically happens only once or twice a year. But the fingers of moisture are arriving at the right angles for such a thing to happen. It is possible that the weather service will issue a flash flood watch later tonight. The monsoonal air also will make it very humid in many parts of the county, including the coast. At 8 p.m., the humidity in San Diego was 69 percent.

Weird weather fact: The Greeks fenced off spots that had been struck by lightning so that man would not tred on ground touched by Gods. Source

If you take a photo of lightning, please send a .jpeg to gary.robbins@utsandiego.com

Saturday's highs: Pinyon Pines, 96; Campo, 96; Anza, 94; Ramona, 93; San Pasqual Valley, 92;Julian, 90; Santee, 90; Alpine, 89; Rancho San Diego, 89; El Cajon, 89; Poway, 89; Fallbrook, 87; Palomar Mountain, 87; San Marcos, 85; Vista, 85; Ranch Bernardo, 84; Oceanside Airport, 82; Chula Vista, 81; Del Mar, 80; Carlsbad, 79; National city, 79; San Diego Lindbergh Field, 78.


