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Chilly And Windy Weekend Ahead
Forecast highs for Friday
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The storm has moved on, but high winds continue to affect western L.A. County, including the 5 Freeway corridor. More precipitation is also expected for the weekend.
Quick Facts
- Today’s weather: Cold, sunny
- Beaches: 60s
- Mountains/deserts: 40-50s/54-69
- Inland: 60s
- Warnings and advisories: Wind Advisory, Freeze and Frost Advisories
In today's forecast, temperatures will warm up slightly.
Average temperatures will be in the low to mid 60s, up to 67 degrees in Santa Monica and 65 degrees in Riverside. Tonight's lows will drop into the low 40s, and into the upper 30s for the valleys. The lowest temperatures tonight will be in the Inland Empire and Agoura Hills — where a low of 34 degrees is expected overnight into Saturday.
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High winds and high surf
High winds will continue to affect the western region of the Southland today. Along the 5 Freeway corridor, northwest winds will reach speeds of up to 40 mph, but some gusts could reach up to 70 mph — that also applies for Ventura County mountains.
In the San Fernando Valley, as well as the Santa Monica and Santa Susana mountains, expect some wind gusts to reach up to 55 mph.
Ventura County beaches remain under a high surf advisory. Forecasters are predicting dangerous rip currents and large breaking waves of 4 to 8 feet tomorrow, increasing to 7 to 10 feet late tomorrow night, particularly west-facing beaches such as near the Ventura pier and Channel Islands Harbor.
Freeze warnings
Calabasas and Agoura Hills could get down to 33 tonight or early tomorrow, and are the latest cities to be added to a Frost Advisory issued by the National Weather Service.
Also, a freeze warning has been added for the Ojai Valley tonight where the coming low temperatures may be down to 31 degrees.
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Weekend forecast
The National Weather Service says another unsettled weather pattern is in store for the Southland. Meteorologist Miguel Miller expects a chance of more precipitation through Sunday.
"That next storm that's going to bring the really light rain to the lowlands and really light snow to the mountains," Miller said. "That's going to bring quite a lot of wind, especially to the mountains and deserts, but also to the coastal waters and the immediate coast."
There's a 20% chance of scattered showers, along with snow as low as 3,000 feet, mainly on the northern slopes of the mountains.
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Things to do
It's the first Friday of the New Year! Here's an event that will be music for your ears, literally.
- The Smell’s 26th Anniversary Celebration: Classic downtown rock haven The Smell celebrates L.A. punk and post-punk all night long with The Spiders From SARS and other acts, featuring guest vocals from homegrown teen heroes The Linda Lindas and more.
You can plan ahead for the weekend by checking out our full list of things to do this weekend
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