“San Diego is going to be dry into March,” said Sebastian Westerink, a National Weather Service forecaster. High pressure systems will prevent Pacific storms from diving deep into Southern California — a phenomenon that’s largely responsible for San Diego being in the midst of the second-driest rainy season on record.

Wednesday's rain will be gentle and relatively light, but on Thursday and Thursday night, heavier precipitation will spread southeastward across the area, according to the National Weather Service.

The National Weather Service reported a 10% to 15% chance of light precipitation on Tuesday as the marine layer deepens from coastal to foothill areas throughout the county.

Forecasters warned Monday that a powerful storm system is approaching County that could trigger flooding and debris flows, particularly in recent burn areas.

High pressure will start to expand from the south across Southern California and power a warming trend through early parts of next week. Thursday along our beaches will get maximum temperatures in the mid-60s with mid-70s for the valleys,

It’s hard to beat the current weather as sunshine and weak offshore flow warms up San Diego County into the weekend. Patchy dense fog impacted the coastline and some inland areas Thursday morning, but low clouds have filtered out for the majority of the region.