Update to the forecast from Chief Meteorologist Dave Hovde (8-7-23 8:20pm):
I decided to add rain icons to the 7-Day. I did have the narrative about rain chances in the video and this story today but some folks only look at icons and those folks need to be aware of the potential.
(back to the prior story)
The triple-digit heat of the weekend is beginning to break quickly for interior areas. At the coast, some stubborn low clouds also produced cooler weather to start the work week.
It's an interesting weather week in that parts of California could see some rain or even scattered thunderstorms. This potential comes from the leftovers of former tropical storm Eugene which is now a post-tropical cyclone.
It's not the core of that former tropical storm headed our direction, but the moisture associated with it will push into Southern California between Tuesday PM and Thursday (potentially Friday as well).
A lot of high cloud cover will be associated with the surge and mid-level moisture. I think the best chance of rainfall is at higher elevations but some could drift into populated areas due to steering winds. Some mountain areas could see up to .50", most should see far less and many won't get any rain.
The weakening of the ridge of high pressure over The West will allow temperatures to be on the cooler side most of this week. I think some building high pressure for next weekend we'll push interior temperatures back into the low to mid-90s. For most of this week, we'll see temperatures in the interior in the mid-80s with coastal valleys in the 70s and beaches in the 60s.
