Clear skies, cooler temperatures expected in Victor Valley after Hurricane Kay

Rene Ray De La Cruz, Victorville Daily Press
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After Hurricane Kay pushed back the tormenting heat wave over Southern California, the Victor Valley is expected to bask in clearing skies and cooler weather.

A chance of showers and thunderstorms will continue locally on Monday afternoon and will decrease throughout the week beginning on Tuesday, the National Weather Service reported.

Seasonal to below-average temperatures are also expected for much of the week.

Average temperatures in the low to mid-80s are expected from Monday through Friday in places like Apple Valley, Hesperia and Victorville. Overnight lows should dip into the 50s and 60s.

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Barstow should see mostly clear skies with high temperatures in the high 80s to low 90s, with overnight temps in the 50s and 60s.

Rain is also expected Monday in Big Bear, with mostly clear skies Tuesday through Friday. High temperatures are expected in the 60s, with lows in the 30s and 40s.

Hurricane Kay

Some areas of the Victor Valley picked up just under an inch of rain from Kay, the NWS reported.

As the hurricane transitioned to a tropical rainstorm on Saturday, thousands of utility customers experienced power outages.

Power outages in California topped 63,700 early Saturday morning, but by the same time on Sunday, the number of outages in Southern California was below 1,000, according to PowerOutage.US.

At about 12:40 a.m. on Saturday, rain fell across the High Desert as portions of Apple Valley temporarily lost power.

Kay marked the closest approach to Southern California from a hurricane in the Pacific in the last 50 years. On Saturday, the National Hurricane Center tracked Kay nearly 130 miles offshore from San Diego.

It was the closest pass by a hurricane to the city from the ocean side since records began in 1949, according to Jesse Ferrell, AccuWeather senior weather editor and meteorologist.

At least two tropical storms made a closer approach to San Diego over land. An unnamed tropical storm in 1959 came as close as 100 miles southeast of San Diego near Agua Caliente, Mexico.

Tropical Storm Kathleen in Sept. 1976 was tracked near Rancho San Isidro, Mexico, 120 miles southeast of San Diego.

While the impacts of tropical storms typically don’t reach California, San Diego State University Professor Dr. Pat Abbott told AccuWeather National Reporter Bill Wadell that the extended heat wave in Southern California allowed Kay to move closer than usual.

Daily Press reporter Rene Ray De La Cruz may be reached at 760-951-6227 or RDeLaCruz@VVDailyPress.com. Follow him on Twitter @DP_ReneDeLaCruz.

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