The remnants of Tropical Storm Eugene are expected to affect the Southern California coast’s weather this week, bringing greater humidity and a risk of rain.
The storm, which was located several hundred miles west of the Baja Peninsula early Monday, was moving north and west with maximum sustained winds of 45 miles per hour affecting the Southern California coast, according to the National Weather Service.
Eugene is likely to be degraded to a post-tropical storm by Monday afternoon before turning eastward toward the Southern California coast.
“We’ll get the remnants of this in the middle of the week,” KTLA 5 meteorologist Henry DiCarlo predicted, referring to the impact that might be created on the Southern California coast. “Temperatures will be relatively mild, but we’ll see increased humidity, and the chance of thunderstorms Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.”
Rainfall from the isolated storms could total more than an inch and a half on the Southern California coast, with up to 2 inches expected in certain areas, according to the NWS.
However, NWS meteorologists warn that forecast models may shift dramatically.
Early Sunday, Tropical Storm Eugene will affect the Southern California coast had maximum sustained winds of 70 miles per hour, according to weather officials.
All week, Los Angeles, including the Southern California coast, should expect highs in the low to mid-80s, with inland valleys in the upper 80s to mid-90s.
The storm is the fifth named storm of the eastern Pacific hurricane season. Moreover, people on the Southern California coast must take precautionary actions upon the arrival of the tropical storm.