Another Round of Southerly Flow for Mid Week.

ANd you know what that means, don't ya?  Fog is in the forecast.  But we are expecting a carbon copy of today before that happens.  And how was today?  Kind of brilliant, I'd say.  Woke up to warm sun shine at 6:20 in the morning and made the quick decision that today would be a beach day.  With NW winds blowing on the open coast, we opted to hide behind Pleasure Point and spend the low tide morning on the beach in front of the hook.  While longboarders made the best of a meager, but very clean, swell, we focussed on our sandcastle techniques.  Tuesday should have a sunny morning, with highs back up in the mid 70s.  But hump day is looking a bit grey.

Looking down the Palm to Pine Highway near Palm Desert.  Can you tell were the irrigation begins?

South flow returns overnight on Tuesday, as another thermal trough pushes up from our south. bring with it a grey scape.  Highs will drop back down into the upper 60s.  But this one looks a bit more short lived than the last.  Only a day of the serious fog, and even that might not last through the late afternoon.  Good news for the surf crowd, as this weeks south swell looks to start to really show on Wednesday.  Currently, it looks like the sun and the upper 70s will return to finish out the week on Thursday and Friday.  Light winds last through Friday, but we could see a return to the stronger NW flow for the weekend.  Good news is the warmth sticks around for Saturday, then we move into a cooler pattern for Sunday and to start the following week.  So far so good as we begin fog season.  But it is still early.  Let's hope for a solid summer.