More Drizzle to Keep a Damper on Summer’s Sizzle

Cloudy skies and a chance of morning drizzle will continue to put a damper on the summer sunshine through Monday, weather forecasters say.

A slow-moving low pressure over central California is allowing marine air to flow inland, bringing with it a thick layer of marine clouds, the National Weather Service in San Diego said.

A high pressure system building slowly to the east will begin breaking up the marine layer so the sun will break through a little sooner each day, forecaster Harvey Hastrup said.

By Tuesday, as the high pressure moves closer to Southern California, San Diego County can look forward to a warming trend, Hastrup said.

In the meantime, partly cloudy skies will persist, keeping temperatures below the norm for this time of year, he said.

On Saturday, the temperature at Lindbergh Field rose only to a high of 71, 5 degrees below the norm for this date. The high one year ago for Saturday was 80 degrees with a record high of 86 set in 1974.

Around the county, temperatures reached 72 at Chula Vista, 74 at Del Mar, 73 in El Cajon, 74 in Escondido, 73 in La Mesa, 74 in National City, 67 in Oceanside and 74 in Vista.

Through Monday, temperatures at the beaches will range from 65 to 70 with surf at 2 to 4 feet and an ocean temperature of 67 degrees.

In the coastal strip, which includes the city of San Diego, temperatures will range from 71 to 76 today and 73 to 78 Monday with nighttime lows of 58 to 64.

Inland temperatures will range from 75 to 82 today and 78 to 86 Monday, dipping down to 54 to 60 at night.

In the mountains, the high for today will range from 74 to 82 and 76 to 84 on Monday, falling to 46 to 56 at night.

The mercury in the deserts will rise to 98 to 104 today and 100 to 110 on Monday, dropping to 70 to 78 at night.