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Stormy weather on the way, bringing a tiny chance of rain to SoCal
A pair of storms will move through the central coast and reach northern San Luis Obispo county this weekend.
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Quick Facts
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- Today’s weather: Cool, wet
- Beaches: low 60s
- Mountains: 50s-60s
- Inland: mid 60s
- Warnings and advisories: None
Good morning and happy Thursday. We're in store for some sweater weather as a couple of storm systems move towards Southern California, according to the National Weather Service.
That means today will be a few degrees below normal with a slight chance of scattered light rain in the afternoon and early evening.
Keep an eye out also for patchy fog with a chance of light drizzle until the afternoon. There's another chance of light rain late Saturday.
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Temperatures will be range in the 60s for most of SoCal. Moving more inland, the valleys and high desert communities will reach the mid 60s.
Tonight's lows will drop to the mid 40s, and down to the mid 30s for the high desert.
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