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Climate & Environment

Cooler weather is headed into SoCal for the weekend

May gray skies provide a gloomy background over the Los Angeles basin in a view with homes and skyscrapers in the background. Palm trees line some of the streets below.
Temperatures will drop to the mid 60s to low 70s.
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Quick Facts

  • Today’s weather: Partly cloudy
  • Beaches: 65 to 71 degrees
  • Mountains: 60s to low 70s degrees
  • Inland: 70 to 75 degrees
  • Warnings and advisories: A no burn alert is in effect

Cooler weather has returned to Southern California for the weekend. Coastal communities will experience mostly to partly cloudy skies on Friday.

Along the L.A. and Orange County coast daytime highs will drop to as low as 65 degrees with the warmest areas topping out at 71 degrees.

The eastern San Fernando Valley will have highs from 69 to 74 degrees, meanwhile the western side will see highs from 71 to 76 degrees.

Over in the Inland Empire, temperatures will range from 70 to 75 degrees. In Coachella Valley, communities there will see temperatures from 75 to 80 degrees.

No burn alert in effect

The South Coast Air Quality Management District has issued a no burn alert for most of SoCal until 11:59 p.m. because of high air pollution. That means you should avoid any burning of wood, including fireplaces or manufactured logs made from wax or paper.

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The alert applies to O.C. and L.A. County's non-desert areas and Riverside and San Bernardino counties.

Excluded from the ban area are residents without natural gas, as well as communities in the High Desert and mountains.

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