Hot weather persists in SD County through Wednesday before temps dip below normal

A young girl cools off in the fountain at Waterfront Park in downtown San Diego Photo by Chris Stone Times of San Diego There is a temperature rollercoaster forecast this week in San Diego County with scorching heat in parts of the region giving way to relief by the weekend Hot conditions will persist through Wednesday across the county with mountain areas under a heat advisory until Monday evening according to the National Weather Arrangement The county s desert regions face even more intense conditions under an extreme heat warning through Tuesday evening as high pressure systems settle over the region High temperatures Monday are expected to reach to near the coast to inland to in the western valleys to near the foothills to in the mountains and to in the deserts the NWS noted Daytime high temperatures inland remain above normal through early next week with moderate heat pitfall at low elevations in and west of the mtns and major heat hazard in the low deserts CAwx pic twitter com C sZxGplBQ NWS San Diego NWSSanDiego August Wednesday marks the turning point as the weather pattern begins to shift A gradual cooling trend will take hold dropping temperatures - degrees each day through Friday The marine layer will strengthen and push further inland each morning bringing cooling to more areas according to the weather agency Temperatures are expected to drop - degrees below normal by the weekend This below-normal pattern is forecast to continue into early next week meteorologists commented