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Climate & Environment

Weather continues to cool down for the weekend

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Much cooler weather is on tap for the next few days.
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Quick Facts

  • Today’s weather: Hazy, pleasant
  • Beaches: 70s
  • Mountains: 70s-80s
  • Inland: 80s
  • Deserts: 80s, 90s-102
  • Warnings and advisories: Air quality alerts due to the wildfires

Happy Friday! The cool weather continues into the weekend and forecasters say that a low pressure system from Central California could bring light precipitation over coasts and mountains Sunday into next week.

More low clouds this morning then sunshine for the afternoon. We're looking at highs in the 70s to 80s. Air quality officials have once again extended a smoke advisory through tonight due to the three major wildfires burning in Southern California. We have tips on how to protect yourself from wildfire smoke.

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Some notable forecasts:

  • 74 degrees in Long Beach.
  • 88 degrees in Perris.
  • Wrightwood, where evacuation orders have been issued due to the Bridge fire, will see a high of 76 degrees.
  • Highland, where the Line Fire is actively burning, will see a high of 89 degrees — a few degrees warmer.
  • Trabuco Canyon, where the Airport Fire is actively burning, will see a high of 81 degrees — a few degrees warmer.
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