Rain, cooler temperatures return to L.A. area: What you need to know
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Several cold, wet storms are expected to return to Southern California beginning this week after several days of warm conditions.
Forecasters say below-average temperatures are likely to linger into mid-March.
“We’re going to be really right back in winter here the next couple of days with two or three pretty cold low-pressure systems coming,” said Mike Wofford, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Oxnard. “It’s going to be a pretty dramatic change.”
The National Weather Service said Southern California could see a chance of rain beginning Saturday, with the Los Angeles area getting its best shot Sunday and into Monday. Totals will be modest, topping out at a half-inch.
Another round of light rain is possible Wednesday into Thursday.
The cooler temperatures come after a heat wave earlier this week.
Downtown Los Angeles and Long Beach both hit a toasty 88 degrees Thursday, breaking the respective 86- and 84-degree records set in 2020, according to the National Weather Service.
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