INLAND EMPIRE METRO: A few variable clouds but a continued warming trend. Highs in the 80s following daybreak lows down to 53.

MOUNTAINS: Mostly clear but partly cloudy at times. Temperatures trending warmer. Resort-level highs from the upper 50s and 60s and into the 70s.

DESERTS: Partly cloudy and warmer with winds gusting 25-35 miles an hour. Highs from the 70s to just above 90.

BEACHES: Partly cloudy and warmer with highs just above 70. Surf 1-4 feet. Water 57-64.

SUMMARY: Forecasters are on the same page in their outlook for the closing days of February.

An upper level ridge of high pressure dominates. That will signal a warming trend with Southland temperatures topping out on Friday. The numbers range from the 60s at the mountain resorts, the 70s at the beaches, the 80s across the valleys and mid 90s in the low deserts. Those numbers are 10-20 degrees above seasonal averages.

Some computer models are calling for chances of precipitation for next Tue/Wed as a batch of Pacific low pressure moves inland.