Warm Spell Ends As Cooler Air, Chance Of Rain Move Into SoCal

After little over a week of wintertime warmth in Southern California, cooler temperatures and a slight chance of rain are on the way this week.

Temperatures have been almost summer-like, but that stint is coming to an end as cooler air is expected to move in beginning Wednesday.

“We had a little warm spell here and it’s coming to an end,” Lisa Phillips, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Oxnard, told the Los Angeles Times.

Temperatures will inch down from the high 70s in many areas on Tuesday to around 66 degrees on Thursday.

Rain could begin as soon as Thursday and last into Friday as a low pressure system approaches the region.

"Chances for one-half inch or more of rainfall for Thursday through Friday ranges from around 10 percent near the coast to around 20 percent for the mountains," The National Weather Service in San Diego wrote in a Tuesday forecast discussion.

After the mid-week temperature dip, another drying and gradual warming pattern is expected to pick back up in the region.

A renewed chance of rain comes after Southlanders got a brief reprieve from several holiday and New Year's storms that brought record-breaking levels of precipitation to the Golden State for this time of year. The constant downpour also pulled the state out of drought for the first time in 25 years.

READ MORE: CA Dubbed Drought Free For The 1st Time In 25 Years Thanks To Holiday Storms

Here's the forecast across many cities in SoCal this Thursday, according to the NWS:

Los Angeles: A 20 percent chance of showers after 10 a.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 66. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 51.

Malibu: A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly after 10 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 62. East northeast wind around 5 mph becoming south in the afternoon. A 20 percent chance of rain before 4 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 55.

Long Beach: A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly after 10am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 64. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. A 20 percent chance of rain at night. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54.

Laguna Beach: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 63. Southwest wind around 5 mph. A low around 51.

Newport Beach: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 65. South wind around 5 mph. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54.

Santee: A slight chance of showers after 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 68. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 10 percent. Another chance of showers, mainly after 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent.

Temecula: Partly sunny, with a high near 66. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph. A slight chance of showers before 4 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44. Chance of precipitation is 20 percent.

Banning: Partly sunny, with a high near 63. West wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. A slight chance of showers at night. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 48. Chance of precipitation is 20 percent.