Cool Temps And Light Rain In Store For Westwood-Century City

LOS ANGELES, CA — Temperatures will dip Friday as high surf pounds the coast and rainy weather heads for the Southland.

Sunny weather with highs in the 70s prevailed for three days until Wednesday, but Thursday's weather brought partly cloudy skies and temperatures in the mid 60s.

Along the L.A. County Coast, a high surf advisory is scheduled to be in effect until 6 p.m. Saturday, with surf of 4 to 7 feet expected.

"Large waves and strong rip currents will increase the risk of ocean drowning for swimmers and surfers," warned a National Weather Service statement. "Large breaking waves can cause injury, wash people off beaches or rocks and capsize small boats near shore."

Also possible are sneaker waves -- large waves that surge without warning -- and rip currents, the statement said. Swimmers caught in a rip current should swim parallel to shore until able to break free. Forecasters said the high surf is being generated by the same storm system forecast to produce Friday's rainfall.

Friday's temperatures will be about the same in L.A. and Orange Counties accompanied by rain. Rain is also in L.A. County's forecast on Monday, but not in Orange County's as of this morning.

Not much rain is expected in the greater L.A. area as a result of the upper low -- a low, spinning system -- expected to generate Friday's precipitation, said NWS meteorologist Curt Kaplan, adding that the area may receive a quarter-inch of rain, though perhaps up to a half-inch in the foothills.

"The storm may turn out to be impressive, but not for us," he said, adding that the lion's share of the rain will occur to the north, along the Central Coast.

City News Service