Ben's Weather Summary
- Updated: Thursday, Oct 09 @ 10:41pm
Tropical moisture continues to stream north from Tropical Storm Priscilla, moving north along the central Baja Coast. Unfortunately, the deepest moisture and instability with heavier rainfall will remain focused off to our east. However, as additional moisture arrives through Friday, scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms could fire up just about anywhere at anytime, most widespread during the afternoon. Cooler with highs in the mid-60s, southerly winds also gusting 10-20 mph at times. Moisture will decrease over the weekend as low pressure approaches the West Coast. There is another large swatch of tropical moisture coming north through early next week from Tropical Storm Raymond, trailing Priscilla, but all of this should head into the four-Corners region. Expect a nice cool-down over the weekend as highs drop into the 50s by Sunday, with lows dipping back in the 30s. Attention quickly focuses on an approaching closed or cutoff low-pressure system early next week. This low will dig south off the California coast before swinging inland across the area later Tuesday or Wednesday. We should experience a decent cold front passage sometime Tuesday-Wednesday, which could produce rain and even snow across the area. The snow level looks to drop down around 5,000 feet, with a few inches inches of snow possible. This could be our first accumulating snowfall of the season, so travelers should be prepared and start carrying those tire chains!