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Your SoCal Weather Report For Friday, March 8: Sunny And Warmer
Sunny skies over the PCH (Photo by Howard F. via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr)
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We made it to Friday. Don't worry — there's no chance of thunderstorms sneaking into the forecast today. Today's weather will be sunny and a few degrees warmer (make way for spring!).
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- Today’s weather: Sunny
- Beaches: mid 60s
- Mountains/deserts: 40s, 60s/61-77
- Inland: upper 60s - low 70s
- Warnings and advisories: None
Highs will be in the mid to upper 60s along the coast making for a nice beach day stroll. High surf will continue on west facing beaches until 8 a.m. for Ventura and L.A. county beaches, including the Malibu coast.
There will be some offshore winds but nothing major. Inland areas and the valleys will see highs in the upper 60s, from 67 degrees in the San Gabriel Valley, 71 in Riverside and San Bernardino, 69 degrees in Anaheim and up to 73 degrees in the western San Fernando Valley.
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Tonight's lows will drop to the 50s for the inland coast and down to the mid to upper 40s for the valleys and foothills.
The weekend will be warm, a nice change of pace to this wet weather streak we've been having.
This day in history
On this day in 2016, gale force winds created high surf along SoCal beaches, where in some places the surf reached 12 feet tall.
Things to do
It's Oscars weekend! But first, hang out with Grouplove tonight and dance like its 2011!
- Grouplove “Tongue Tied” alt-rockers Grouplove return to support their latest studio album, I Want it All Right Now, at the Wiltern with their Rock and Roll You Won’t Save Me tour. Bully opens the show with a solo set.
- Ready to get Oscars watch on? We've created a list of Oscar watch parties to check out.
- And it's Food Friday! Check out my colleague Yusra Farzan's list on where to break fast for Iftar during Ramadan.
Check out our full list of things to do this weekend.
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