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Southern California should see ‘April Showers’ on Friday

A cold storm that rolled into Southern California on Thursday evening will continue into Friday, providing a gloomy day with light but prevalent rain.

The National Weather Service said colder temperatures will run in tandem with rainfall coming in at less than one-half of an inch in most low-elevation places throughout the day Friday. There was about a 20-30% chance of thunderstorms in most areas, meaning that heavier rain in short amounts of time could briefly occur.


KTLA’s Henry DiCarlo said Friday’s weather resembles a winter day.

“It’s just like December, right? This is April,” he said. “We get rain in April, we know that, April showers. Just different types of storms.”

The rain on Friday was expected to come in the form of scattered showers. Grey, gloomy skies should last throughout the day throughout Southern California.

The scattered nature doesn’t lend to predictability in terms of rainfall totals, though they’re expected to be relatively low. Rain should be cleared out of the area by the evening hours, the NWS said.

Friday’s high temperatures were expected to be similar to Thursday’s, with highs in the low 60s across Southern California.