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Your SoCal Weather Report For Thursday, March 7: Chance Of Light Showers But Mostly Sunny
Today's temperatures expected to drop a couple of degrees as rain and mountain snow will cover the southland.
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Happy Thursday. Today will be mostly sunny with a chance of light showers in the afternoon (look out for those rainbows).
Quick Facts
- Today’s weather: Mostly sunny, brief light showers
- Beaches: low 60s
- Mountains: 40s - 50s
- Inland: 60s
- Warnings and advisories: High Surf
Highs will be in the low to mid 60s from the coast to inland areas, up to 70 degrees in Coachella Valley but down to 58 degrees in the high desert.
It will be a fairly breezy day for the mountains and foothills.
Tonight's lows will drop to 50s for the inland coast and down to the mid to upper 40s for the valleys and foothills.
Now that the storm has moved on, high surf will pound our local coast. There's a high surf advisory out for Ventura and L.A county beaches, including the Malibu coast where high surf mainly affect west facing beaches — you can expect large breaking waves of 4 to 8 feet. Lookout for dangerous rip currents. This high surf event will last until 8 a.m. Friday.
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This day in history
On this day in 1972, it was 80 degrees in Big Bear Lake.
Things to do
Remember if you head to the beaches, stay out of the waters but enjoy the fresh sea salt air.
- International Flamenco Festival: Head down to Redondo Beach – but really be transported to Spain – on Thursday night for an evening of flamenco guitar with “modern master” Tomatito and a dance performance from Karime Amaya. The fun continues at the Wilshire Ebell on Friday and Saturday.
Check out our full list of things to do this week.
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