"After weeks of monsoon-fueled thunderstorms, wildfires and sweltering heat, " an early season cold front " is expected to bring temperatures down across California this week. "We're going to have rapid cooling, with the biggest drop in temperatures tomorrow," Kristan Lund, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Oxnard, said Monday. "This is one of the biggest cooldowns we've seen, especially since June. ... This will bring temperatures pretty far below normal.""
"The cooldown will be felt statewide and is expected to last for much of the week. In the Bay Area and Northern California, the cold front is bringing with it a chance for light rain and thunderstorms, which has the potential to alleviate some wildfire risk, depending on precipitation totals. Last week, several wildfires ignited across the region, many sparked by lightning."
An early-season cold front will produce rapid, significant cooling across California, yielding the largest temperature drop since June. Daytime highs will run about 10 to 20 degrees below normal, with inland Southern California falling from near 100°F to the mid-80s by midweek and coastal areas remaining in the high 60s to low 70s. A low pressure system moving from the Pacific Northwest will drive the statewide cooldown that is expected to last much of the week. Northern California and the Bay Area could receive light rain and thunderstorms that may reduce some wildfire risk, while Southern California is unlikely to get enough precipitation for relief. Several recent wildfires were ignited by lightning.
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