The warm weather that bathed the Southland over the past week gave way to a cooling trend that continued Thursday and is expected to stretch through at least Friday, with light rain or drizzle possible over the next few days.
“Below normal temperatures are expected through the end of the work week,” said the National Weather Service. “Unsettled conditions with scattered off and again showers will prevail through Friday.”
Forecasters said the “significant cooling trend” is the result of onshore flow that will increase the chance of light rain.
There will be a 30% to 50% chance of rain on Thursday, with some lingering showers possible through Friday, forecasters said.
Amounts will be mostly light with generally 0.25 inch or less of rainfall expected, but isolated thunderstorms with heavier rainfall cannot be ruled out from Wednesday night through Friday, according to the NWS. “There is a 10% chance that heavier showers could develop with rainfall rates topping out between 0.25 and 0.50 inch per hour.”
High temperatures were expected to top out in the 60s for much of the area for the next few days, pushing back to around 70 by the weekend.
Warmer and drier conditions will resume early next week.