Spring weather is here, causing wild hills to burst into color but bringing seasawing temperatures for the week ahead capped with a warm weekend.

“Right now we start a slow cooling trend beginning this week, then we start warming up,” said National Weather Service meteorologist Steve Vanderburg. “We have a brief warmup on Wednesday, then we start cooling down toward the end of the week again. It’s going to be kind of up and down.”

Masses of low and high pressure air are taking turns moving past Orange County from the Pacific, giving us first cool weather, then warm.

“It’s typical spring stuff,” Vanderburg said. “There are still a lot of storms out in the Pacific. We’re not getting the rain, but they still do influence our weather.”

Highs Monday should be in the mid to high 60s near the coast, and 72 to 77 inland, with patchy fog and clouds in the morning.

Tuesday morning looks about the same, but with sunny skies later in the day and slightly cooler temperatures inland. Wednesday becomes mostly sunny after a partly cloudy morning, with temperatures as high as 71 on the coast and 79 inland.

Thursday and Friday cool off again a bit, with patchy clouds and fog in the morning, then temperatures head back up: Saturday’s inland high could hit 78, with Sunday’s inland temperature reaching as much as 80.

The county’s wildflower watchers, meanwhile, say the hills are beginning to explode with color as what is expected to be the best season in years gets off to a good start. Lupines, popcorn flower and California poppies are among those showing their faces already in parts of the county.

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