Thanksgiving forecast: warm and dry

November 23rd, 2009, 8:16 am · 6 Comments · posted by Pat Brennan, science, environment editor

Temperatures are expected to rise to the low 80s in time for Thanksgiving, and dry weather will bring a slight increase in wildfire danger, the National Weather Service says. NOAA CLOUDS

Inland Orange County could see temperatures in the mid 70s today, climing to the high 70s Tuesday and perhaps as high as 81 Wednesday and Thursday as light winds push toward the ocean.

That, plus dry weather, will mean a moderate increase in wildfire risk, said National Weather Service meteorologist Tina Stall, though mainly in San Diego County.

“It’s going to be windy in the usual wind-prone areas — canyons, passes, foothills,” she said. “Those areas are going to be more at risk than the valleys and coasts.”

By Friday, temperatures should drop back into the upper 60s and low 70s.

(Satellite photo of U.S. cloud cover Monday morning from the Associated Press.)

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ThisIsNotAnExit says:

November 23, 2009 at 9:13 am

Darnit! There goes the outfit I planned on wearing!

alleykat says:

November 23, 2009 at 9:38 am

Yuck. Does anyone living in Socal not care that we haven’t had rainfall in years? it worries me. I hate hot weather, year round. I think I need to move to a place with real seasons one of these days. I appreciate no crazy winters but this is just unnatural.

Dana says:

November 23, 2009 at 9:48 am

Thisisnotanexit, It will probably be colder @ night so maybe you still can. I still need to figure out what I am going to wear. Dry in California, whats new?