Your SoCal Weather Report For Friday, Dec 29: High Surf Continues To Pound The Coast While Rain Moves In For The Weekend

Very high surf and coastal flooding are expected to continue through the weekend due to large ocean swells coming from cyclones in the northern Pacific. And rain moves into the southland Saturday.

Temperatures across the Southland will range in the 60s again today. Along the coast, expect highs in the mid 60s for L.A. and Orange County beaches.

Highs in the valleys and inland will range in the upper end of the 60s, up to 70 degrees in San Bernardino.

Tonight's lows will drop to 50 degrees for most of the Southland.

About those advisories

Avoid lighting up your chimney or fire pits and stay away from the beaches.

Indoor and outdoor wood burning continues to be prohibited across most of the Southland today.

The South Coast Air Quality Management District has extended a no-burn order until midnight due to high levels of pollution in the air.

The no-burn order applies to the counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino — except for the desert areas.

Coastal Flooding And High Surf

The public is being asked to stay away from the waters and be alert for flooding.

Los Angeles and Ventura county beaches are under a coastal flooding advisory until 10 p.m. Saturday. Friday and Saturday morning will experience residual high tide of 6 to 6.5 feet that will increase the risk of coastal flooding.

The Central Coast and Ventura County beaches are taking the brunt of it, according to Todd Hall, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service's Oxnard office.

"We did receive reports of injuries from surf in Ventura County. As far as the surf we've seen, our Channel Islands harbor report 14 feet and that was as of 1a.m.," he said. "In general we've been seeing anywhere between six to 12 feet across the LA and Ventura county beaches."

To the south, its San Diego office forecasts surf of 6 to 12 feet with sets to 15 feet in northern Orange County through Sunday, with the highest surf tomorrow.

A High Surf Warning is in effect until 2 a.m. Monday for both Orange and San Diego counties.

Flooding of low lying coastal areas such as parking lots, beaches and walkways are expected.

Chance of rain

Looking ahead to your weekend forecast — the National Weather Service says some showers are expected to come to the Central Coast today and spread over to the southland Saturday.

There's a 20% chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms that will bring under a quarter inch of rain to Los Angeles and Ventura counties. Up to three-tenths of an inch of rain is expected in the Inland coast like Anaheim.

The chance of rain lessens come Sunday but temperatures will be chilly with highs in the lower 60s and there's a 20% chance of rain on New Years Day in Pasadena, but no more than a tenth of an inch of rain in the morning is expected.

Snow levels will drop to 6,000 feet, but not much accumulation is expected, only up to 2 inches on the highest peaks of San Bernardino on Saturday.

This day in history

On this day in 2012, two waterspouts were reported off Dana Point and Oceanside.

Things to do

Happy Friday! Be sure to check out our full list of things to do this weekend down below if you're looking for ways to spend NYE and New Years Day.

• Pearl & the Oysters: Sink into the new album Coast 2 Coast from French synthpop-inspired duo Pearl & the Oysters on Friday night. This all-ages show from Pretty but Wicked and KCRW brings Paris-to-L.A. transplants Juliette Pearl Davis and Joachim Pollack to the Echoplex.

Check out our full list of things to do this weekend.