The Weather : Summery Days Linger as Winds Start to Fade

An area of high pressure is stalled over Idaho and won’t go away, so Southern California should continue to rejoice in summery temperatures through the weekend--while moderate northeast winds blow through the mountains, forecasters said Thursday.

The mild Santa Ana condition that has been keeping days warm and skies sunny for most of the last week will begin to fade a little as the days pass, however, and there could be a little fog or low clouds along the coast Saturday or Sunday nights, according to the National Weather Service.

High temperature at Los Angeles Civic Center on Thursday was 85, with relative humidity ranging from a dry 36% to a very dry 15%. Forecasters said there will be a few degrees of cooling through Tuesday.

Beaches should remain clear through the daylight hours (some patchy fog, perhaps, overnight and in the early mornings) with air temperature in the upper 60s or low 70s, ocean temperature 10 to 15 degrees cooler, sea breezes to 14 m.p.h. at times and surf running to 3 feet on a 12-second interval

Yachtsmen should find a bit of fog in the early mornings, with northwest winds to 14 knots and moderate combined seas from Point Conception to the Mexican border.

Mountains were expected to remain generally clear, with winds rising to 25 m.p.h. or more at times, especially through the canyons. Daytime temperatures at resort levels were expected to hit the upper 50s to lower 60s, dropping overnight to the 20s in higher, more exposed areas.

The Sierra was expected to be sunny, with temperatures ranging from the 20s to the 50s, although some patchy morning fog was predicted for the northern part of the range.

Sunny days were forecast for the deserts, with temperatures ranging from from the 30s to the 70s in the high desert and from the 40s to the mid-80s in the low desert.

Arizona was expected to stay dry and mild, with highs ranging from the 50s in the mountains to the 70s in the desert and overnight lows to the teens in the mountains.

Las Vegas visitors should find the days fair and mild, with golf course temperatures to the lower 60s, dropping to the upper 30s overnight.