Los Angeles residents can expect a week of classic California weather according to the latest from the National Weather Service, with temperatures holding steady in the mid-70s and the typical dance between coastal cloud cover and sunny afternoons, National Weather Service forecasts suggest that today's patchy drizzle will give way to clear skies and a peak at 76 degrees, and winds shifting from east-southeast to southwest as the day progresses.
As night falls, the forecast indicates increasing clouds bringing a tepid low of around 63 degrees; similarly, Monday is expected to follow today's pattern, starting cloudy and then clearing with light winds turning to southwest gusts in the afternoon however the nighttime is poised for cloud cover once again setting a low near 61 degrees, a theme that seems to continue through the midweek.
Tuesday offers a respite with mostly sunny skies and temperatures still hovering around 76 degrees, while the nighttime could see a touch of coastal fog after 11 p.m., setting the stage for a consistently mild evening with a low around 60 degrees, Wednesday should see the fog lifting before mid-morning, giving way to mostly sunny conditions and a slight uptick in warmth, with a high nearing 78 degrees.
The back half of the week is set for clear skies and warmer days; Thursday sees a sunny high of around 80 degrees, with the nighttime maintaining the trend of mostly clear skies and a low of about 62 degrees and Friday continues the sunny streak, its high a near repeat at 79 degrees, come nightfall, expect more of the same: a mostly clear sky and a low around 61 degrees, Saturday should stay the course, offering up unadulterated sunshine and temperatures close to the 78-degree mark, making for a week that, aside from its early mists and evening clouds, is the epitome of SoCal's late summer weather.
