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Your SoCal Weather Report For Friday, March 22: Mostly Overcast Skies
Forecast highs for Friday. A cooling trend begins.
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Happy Friday! Today will be mostly cloudy with the sun peaking out at times and we're looking at a cool weekend with showers.
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- Today’s weather: Overcast, partly sunny
- Beaches: 64
- Mountains: 50s-60s
- Inland: 70s
- Warnings and advisories: Wind Advisory
Highs today will mostly be in the 70s — low 70s for the inland areas and valleys, mid 60s along the coast. The high desert will reach 71 degrees, up to 83 degrees in Coachella Valley.
Taking a look at your weekend forecast, some parts of the Southland will experience showers and windy conditions.
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The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory for San Bernardino and Riverside county mountains, including the high and low desert (Apple, Lucerne and Coachella Valley) starting 8 a.m. Saturday to 11 p.m. Sunday. West winds will range between 25 to 35 mph, with gusts up to 65 mph.
A Pacific storm will bring showers to the Southland starting Saturday morning through Sunday evening. Showers will begin tapering off Sunday night.
Forecasters say rainfall totals are expected to range from a quarter inch along the coasts and valleys and up to an inch in the mountains and deserts.
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On this day in 1972, the U.S. Senate passed the Equal Rights Amendment.
Things to do
It's officially the weekend.
- Orange County Ukulele Festival: If learning to play the ukulele made your New Year’s resolution list, then, wow, have we got a festival for you. Take a workshop to learn Cat Stevens’ "Wild World," hear ukulele aficionados like Maui’s Neal Chin perform, or check out a jam session.
- Take the weekend rain as the perfect excuse to stay indoors and binge-watch new TV. Check out our guide on what to watch this weekend
- It's Food Friday! Read my colleague's history on samosas for Ramadan and enjoy a recipe!
Check out our full list of things to do this weekend.
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