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San Clemente Weather: Sun, Wind, then Rain in Orange County

What's coming for the New Year? Wind, rain and cooler temps, says NWS.

SAN CLEMENTE, CA — Sunny skies are in the forecast for Orange County, according to the National Weather Service, but significant rain, cold temps, and low elevation snow is on the way toward the end of the week.

Highs are expected of 65 in Laguna Beach; 66 in San Clemente; 68 in Newport Beach; 71 in Mission Viejo; 72 in Yorba Linda; 73 in Fullerton and Anaheim; and 74 in Irvine.

Orange County temperatures on Wednesday and Thursday will be roughly the same as Tuesday's, then dip by several degrees amid showers Friday and Saturday

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The precipitation expected Friday and Saturday will result from a storm system that originated in the Gulf of Alaska and is expected to be off the coast of Mexico Wednesday, when it will turn around as part of an unusual pattern and head for the Southland, making itself felt possibly starting late Thursday night, said NWS meteorologist Dave Bruno. It could produce between a quarter and half-inch of rain.

That system will linger on Saturday, when the Southland will be struck by a second cold weather system, a cold storm from Western Canada, Bruno said, adding it has a better chance than the first storm to generate heavy downpours, thunderstorms and snow at low elevations.

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