Mild springtime weather to persist in San Diego region for most of week

FILE The Flower Fields at Carlsbad Ranch Chris Stone Mild weather was expected for bulk of the week throughout the county with workable light showers over the valley areas through Monday morning forecasters stated Sunday Coastal San Diego can expect partly cloudy conditions through the week accompanied by patchy fog in the mornings beginning Tuesday with selected light wind and highs in the mid- s according to the National Weather Operation Snow levels will be rising through the day from about feet this morning to to feet late this afternoon so snow will generally be restricted to the peaks a discussion from NWS San Diego noted A scant showers popping up again over the San Diego County valleys generally in the southern parts of the county are also not out of the question late in the evening through early morning Monday These showers will continue be light resulting in a scarce hundredths of precipitation for areas they cross Desert areas will be mostly clear and sunny with moderate winds stronger gusts up to mph calming down by mid-week and highs ranging in the mid- s to low s Mountain areas will also see strong gusts until at least Tuesday with a mix of sunny skies and clear conditions and highs ranging from the mid- s to mid- s Monday s San Diego surf forecast includes a high-risk rip current with surf from to feet and mixed west swell from degrees and south swell from degrees Occasional west winds with gusts - knots will continue through this evening mainly from the mountain crests east through the desert mountain slopes and locally into the deserts including below mountain passes the NWS announced No hazardous marine conditions are expected through Thursday City News Arrangement contributed to this assessment