Most of San Diego County will remain dry Monday, even as Los Angeles and Orange counties face a second recent round of rain, high wind warnings and flood watches, and Northern and Central California take another pounding.
The National Weather Service estimates the majority of the county will get less than an inch of precipitation Monday, with the exception of Palomar Mountain, which could get up to 2.5 inches.
Some gusty weather is expected in East County, with peak gusts as high as 65 mph in places such as Borrego Springs, Mt. Laguna and Jacumba Hot Springs, with slower gusts of 25 mph throughout San Diego, Chula Vista, El Cajon and Escondido.
While the Northern and Central California coasts will take the brunt of a winter storm, it is likely some precipitation will hit San Diego County late Monday night or early Tuesday morning, according to the NWS
“An intense storm system is producing widespread torrential rain across the central CA coast today; rain will expand farther south tonight- Tue.,” the NWS’ San Diego office Tweeted on Monday.
