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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.
Quick Facts
- 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.
This day in history
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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