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A new wildfire was reported today at 1:55 p.m. in San Diego County. Penny Fire has been burning on federal land managed by the United States Forest Service. At this time, there is no data on the containment status of the fire and the cause has yet to be determined.

The surging mercury in San Diego County will bring significant inland warming Wednesday before Santa Ana winds cool those areas, according to the National Weather Service.

Temperatures will likely rise into the 80s on Thursday along t County coastline — and the 90s inland — due to Santa Ana winds, which will carry warm air from the desert to the sea during one of the driest periods in the region’s history,

A new wildfire was reported today at 1:37 p.m. in San Diego County. Border 3 Fire has been burning on private land. There is no information on the containment of the fire and its cause remains unknown.

San Diego’s end-of-February warming trend will peak Wednesday as afternoon temperatures soar to 15 to 20 degrees above average. Tuesday morning, the beaches were met with dense fog, and as of noon, some of the low cloud cover continued along North County’s coastal areas.