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Your SoCal Weather Report For Friday, May 31: The Last Bit Of May Gray

Pat yourself on the back because we made it to Friday. In today's forecast, slightly cooler weather going into the weekend.
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- Today’s weather: cloudy morning, cool
- Beaches: 63-69
- Mountains: 70s higher elevations, 80s lower elevations
- Inland:70s-80s
- Warnings and advisories: None
Highs for the beaches will be in the 60s, from 63 degrees for the Malibu coast, mid 60s for L.A. County beaches, and up to 69 degrees for the Orange County coast. Inland areas will see daytime highs up to 72 degrees. It will be partly cloudy for those areas in the afternoon.
Over in the Inland Empire, expect daytime highs up to 88 degrees and mostly sunny conditions in the afternoon. The San Gabriel Valley will see highs in the 70s, and up to the low 80s for the Santa Clarita and San Fernando Valley.
In the Antelope Valley, including Apple Valley and Victorville, daytime highs will be in the 90s, and up to 103 degrees in Coachella Valley.
Tonight's lows will drop to the 50s, to the 70s for the low desert.
This day in history
On this day in 2000, Survivor first aired on CBS.
Things to do
Where are my chocolate lovers at?
- Chocolate Talk + Tasting: You had us at chocolate. The Natural History Museum is hosting a chocolate tasting and history lesson from the expert chocolatiers at Sad Girl Creamery and Albert’s Petite Sweets. Featured in the digital series ChocoLAte: From Beans to Bliss SueEllen Mancini and Albert Daniel will talk about their love of the cacao bean and its meaning to their careers and lives in Los Angeles with Milena Acosta, Associate Director of Community Engagement at NHM.
Check out our full list of things to do this week.
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