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Your SoCal Weather Report For Friday, Dec. 15: Warm Weekend, Showers In Next Week's Forecast
Temperatures are warming up for the weekend.
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Happy Friday! To welcome you into the weekend we are seeing a warm up in temperatures. But the National Weather Service forecasts some rain showers for next week.
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- Today’s weather: warmer, sunny
- Beaches: mid 70s
- Mountains/deserts: 60s/63-75
- Inland: mid 70s
- Warnings and advisories: None
Today is the day to take advantage of the California sunshine and head to the beach in the middle of December.
Temperatures along L.A. County beaches will be in the mid 70s, and up to 75 degrees in Huntington Beach.
It will be a few degrees warmer inland today with a high of 78 degrees in Downey, 77 degrees in downtown L.A.
In the valleys, average temperatures will range in the mid 70s, the highest will be 76 degrees. But over in Santa Clarita Valley we're still looking at windy and cooler weather with highs reaching 68 degrees.
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Inland areas such as San Bernardino will see average temperatures reach up to 75 degrees, 77 degrees in Riverside and 79 degrees in Anaheim.
Nighttime lows will drop to the low 50s, down to 47 for the San Fernando Valley, and the 30s for the Antelope Valley.
There's potential for a Pacific storm to reach the Southland come early next week.
You may have heard about the possibility of rain. There is still uncertainty in regard to timing and amounts. The first storm should bring light to moderate rain between Sun night and Mon night, while a stronger storm is expected for Tue night through Thu night. #CAwx #LARain pic.twitter.com/5FJwPdI2eo
— NWS Los Angeles (@NWSLosAngeles) December 15, 2023
This day in history
On this day in 1988, a strong cold front brought snow to SoCal to elevations as low as 3,500 feet.
Things to do
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- DesignerCon: Get your last-minute holiday shopping done at this convention featuring collectible toys, plush, designer apparel and pop art from more than 600 vendors and 350+ artists. One of the highlights of this year’s show is the Hollywood 100 Show collaborating with the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce and renowned designer ONCH, the event features 100 artists designing and displaying one-of-a-kind models of the Hollywood sign.
Check out our full list of things to do this weekend.
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