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January 14, 2025 5:30 am

Areas of gusty northeast to east Santa Ana winds will continue into Wednesday along and below the coastal slopes of the mountains with winds of 25 to 35 mph with gusts to 55 mph and isolated gusts to 65 mph. It will continue to be very dry inland on Thursday, but with weaker winds. Cooler on Friday and Saturday as a weak low pressure system may move inland somewhere in the vicinity of northern Baja. There is a slight chance of light precipitation for the weekend, mainly for San Diego County from the coast to the mountains, with the chance for wetting precipitation around 10 percent. Gusty Santa Ana winds could return early next week but with some model differences in timing and a wider and fairly even distribution in intensity from weak to strong.

Extremely critical fire weather conditions will continue across coastal Southern California today. Much below average temperatures from the Midwest to the central Appalachians through Wednesday but warming into the central U.S. on Thursday. Locally heavy lake effect snow showers downwind of the Great Lakes through Wednesday.