30-Day Weather Forecast Leaves Expectations Dry

The weather forecast bears bad news for farmers and all concerned with the drought: there’s no rain in sight.

The 30-day San Diego forecast shows no significant rainfall through mid-March, National Weather Service forecaster Wilbur Shigehara said Thursday. A sedentary storm block has deflected all potential rain storms moving toward the coast.

“The rain situation looks gloomy,” Shigehara said. “January through March are usually the three wettest months of the year. It doesn’t look like much rain, if any.”

San Diego has not received rain since Jan. 9, when .27 of an inch fell. The high-pressure system has been dissipating West Coast-bound storms since then, Shigehara said.

Another storm headed this way from Hawaii is expected to fall apart before reaching here, its remnants bringing only some high clouds and cooler temperatures for the weekend.

“Look from here to China, and there’s about two to three storms lined up,” he said. “They hit the West Coast storm block and fall apart.”

Temperatures Thursday were well above the normal 67 degrees for February. There was a high of 72 at Lindbergh Field, while Poway and Ramona reported 84 degrees. Temperatures will fall gradually 5 to 10 degrees by Sunday.

Beach highs will range from 57 to 62 degrees this weekend. The coastal strip have have highs in mid-60s and 70s this weekends, and lows in the high-40s.

Daytime temperatures inland will range in the 70s this weekend and fall nightly to 40 to 50 degrees. In the mountains, highs will remain in the 60s and drop to 35 to 45 degrees overnight. The desert will range 85 to 90 degrees and gradually fall, with lows of 40 to 50 degrees expected this weekend.

The surf is 3 to 4 feet, and the water temperature is 59 degrees.