Get ready for a big change in your weather after Wednesday; you will most likely need your rain gear by Thursday.
The National Weather Service forecast for Los Angeles and vicinity on Wednesday calls for mostly cloudy skies. Highs from the lower to mid 70s at the beaches to the lower to mid 80s inland.
Wednesday night it will be partly cloudy early then low clouds and fog. Lows in the mid to upper 50s.
The forecast for Thursday calls for mostly cloudy skies with a 40 percent chance of showers. Highs in the 60s to lower 70s.
In Coastal Orange County the forecast for Wednesday calls for partly cloudy skies. Patchy fog in the morning. Local visibility one quarter mile or less at times in the morning. Highs 72 to 77.
Wednesday night it will be partly cloudy, then becoming mostly cloudy. Patchy fog. Lows 53 to 58.
Thursday there will be patchy fog in the morning and cloudy with a chance of showers. Then mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Chance of measurable precipitation 40 percent.
The ultraviolet index level in the Los Angeles area for Wednesday is a high 8, according to the weather service. A high exposure level reading of 7-9 means that a person could be sunburned in 7-8 minutes.
Here are the latest temperatures and conditions around Southern California: