Series of Storms Expected to Start Tonight

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A wave crashes over the break wall at the Children’s Pool in La Jolla during a high tide Tuesday in San Diego | Photo by K.C. Alfred, The San Diego Union-Tribune — A wave crashes over the break wall at the Children’s Pool in La Jolla during a high tide Tuesday in San Diego | Photo by K.C. Alfred, *The San Diego Union-Tribune*

Forecasters are Unsure How Much Rain the Systems Will Bring to the Region

The first of what may be three consecutive storms will move ashore before dawn Friday in San Diego County, delivering light precipitation that could be followed by heavy rain on Monday, the National Weather Service says.

Forecasters believe a piece of the huge storm that’s expected to hit northern and central California on Friday and Saturday will drop south and curl into Baja California. Some of that moisture will likely spread into greater San Diego.

“We’re kind of fuzzy on this because we don’t exactly know where the moisture will go. We might get 0.4 inches or more of rain.”—Miguel Miller, a weather service forecaster

He said that a much stronger system could target Southern California on Monday and generate strong waves that could cause more erosion along the coast. Weather models suggest that a third storm would follow on Wednesday.

San Diego won’t be getting the huge, El Niño-enhanced high tides during these storms. But the weather service is concerned about potentially record tides during the Thanksgiving holiday.