Windy but no dust this weekend; powerful, potentially damaging winds Monday — Your 9-Day Forecast

With a high of 85 today, our peak gust was 31 mph. If you can handle winds at that strength, you’ll love the weekend… windy, but no dust.

Thanks to Weather Watcher Michelle Esparza for this beautiful picture of a lovely evening.

TONIGHT:  The skies will turn from mostly cloudy to mostly clear overnight.  The south winds will gust to near 30 mph early in the evening before calming down overnight.  The low will be 58.

FORECAST:  Saturday will be mostly sunny with just a few clouds and moderate winds in the afternoon.  The SW winds will range from 10-30 mph (no dust). Saturday’s high: 88.  Sunday will be partly cloudy and 89 with moderately gusty winds to 35 mph, just below the threshold to produce blowing dust.  Monday will be a terrible weather day with powerful winds and blowing dust.  With a high of 87, expect SW-west winds at 15-60 mph with the strongest gusts on the east slopes of the mountains.  A cool front moves in on Tuesday with lighter winds.  Tuesday will be sunny with a high of 77.  Wednesday will be sunny with warm winds to 25 mph and a high of 87.  Thursday will be sunny with warm winds and a high of 90.

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