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Your SoCal Weather Report For Friday, Feb 2: Sunny Days Before Next Big Storm Hits This Weekend
Parts of Long Beach saw heavy flooding on Thursday. Now the skies will be clearer for Friday into Saturday evening when another storm, expected to be more intense next week, begins to arrive.
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Happy Friday! To kick off the weekend, the skies will be clear after some light morning showers with cooler temps. But stay alert, the next storm comes Saturday night and weather forecasters say it's going to be a big one.
Quick Facts
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- Today’s weather: Mostly sunny
- Beaches: 60s
- Mountains/deserts: 30s-40s/52-63
- Inland: upper 50s, low 60s
- Warnings and advisories: Wind Advisory, High Surf, Flood Watch
Parts of Southern California took a beating Thursday, with daily rainfall records broken, flooding and even hail in some areas. The National Weather Service is warning that what's coming next is expected to be far more intense with potentially "life-threatening impacts."
For now, expect scattered showers to continue in the Southland until later in the morning. Keep in mind that there's still a flood watch out for the Inland Empire and Orange County until 10 a.m.
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Today's average temperatures won't top 60 degrees as we take a break from the rain.
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Average temperatures will be in the upper 50s in the Inland Empire, low 60s for L.A. and Orange County. Tonight's lows will drop to 40s.
Latest forecast on the second storm
Showers will pick back up Saturday night into Sunday, but another atmospheric river will come pouring down on the Southland Sunday night into Monday.
"The timing of the heaviest rainfall is still in question but we are expecting a wet commute both Monday morning and Monday evening," said meteorologist Todd Hall with the National Weather Service.
The latest forecast is that the rain will continue into Wednesday. There's also a potential for the Ventura River to flood. Hall said gusty winds will be more of an issue during the next storm. The soil is still saturated from yesterday's rain, so downed trees are also possible.
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The forecast for coming days, as of Sunday morning.
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About those advisories
High surf and gusty winds: A high surf advisory remains in effect until 6 a.m. Saturday morning for Orange County coastal areas, as well as the Malibu coast, and beaches in Los Angeles and Ventura counties.
Gusty winds will sweep through Riverside County valleys and mountains today. Weather forecasters are warning of wind gusts up to 35 mph with some gusts up to 60 mph expected in the mountains, Palm Desert, Cathedral City and the San Gorgonio Pass near Banning. Wind gusts should die down by early Saturday morning.
Things to do
Now is the time to check your car before the next storm hits and grab sandbags if you haven't already from your local fire station. In the meantime, here's a weekend event:
- 'Music With a Mission': The Midnight Mission welcomes back Music Kitchen for their fourth visit! This time, TMM and Music Kitchen present Music With a Mission to entertain and inspire the unhoused and bring people from all walks of life in Los Angeles together through music. Everyone in the community is welcome and there is no admission fee.
- Check out The Midnight Hour Records store in the northeast San Fernando Valley
- Looking for something new to eat? LAist associate food editor Gab Chabrán has a new pop-up food series
- And with the rain coming this weekend, it's the perfect setting to binge new shows and movies.
Check out our full list of things to do this weekend.
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