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Your SoCal Weather Report For Monday, Mar 18: Warm With A Chance Of Thunderstorms
Today will be warmer with a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
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Good morning SoCal, it's Monday and in the forecast today is the radiance of the warm March sun and spring showers.
Quick Facts
- Today’s weather: Partly cloudy, afternoon showers
- Beaches: 68
- Mountains: 50s-60s
- Inland: 70s
- Warnings and advisories: None
Highs will be in the 70s for the inland coast, valleys and Inland Empire, up to 80 degrees in the warmest parts of the San Fernando Valley. Along the coast, expect a high of 68 degrees.
For this afternoon the National Weather Service is seeing an upper low moving westward from Arizona carrying moisture — that means for the Southland there's a 20% chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Weather forecasters say given the probability of thunderstorms — mainly for the mountains and deserts — lookout for hail, lightning and strong wind gusts along the coasts and valleys up to 50 mph.
Taking a look ahead, the upper low will begin moving out the region come Tuesday, meaning forecasters are not ruling out the chance of light showers tomorrow morning through the afternoon. The upper low should move back to Arizona come Tuesday evening. Keep up to date by following the NWS.
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On this day in 1978, Santana and Aerosmith headlined the California Jam II at the Ontario Motor Speedway.
Things to do
Looking for some Monday Motivation? We got some recs, like spending an evening with the butterflies.
- Butterfly Pavilion: Monarch and Mourning Cloak and Common Buckeye, oh my! Spend an afternoon amongst the more than 30 native butterfly species in season at the Natural History Museum’s Butterfly Pavilion from now through the summer.
- Andre 3000: Andre 3000 just came off a sold-out few nights in L.A. and is back for more, this time at the very cool Luna Luna art installation just over the 6th Street Viaduct. His new flute (yes, flute) album has been getting rave reviews – but if you’re expecting an Outkast concert, you’ll be disappointed. The mystical 1987 art amusement park Luna Luna, with its Jean-Michel Basquiat Ferris wheel and Keith Haring carousel is sure to make a compelling backdrop.
Check out our full list of things to do this week.
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