The Outlook Is Bright

Night and morning clouds in the Southland will be so thin this weekend that they will burn off rapidly as soon as the sun comes up, and the rest of the day--for the next several days--will be filled with “sun, sun and more sun,” a forecaster said.

“A weak onshore flow of ocean air will allow inland areas to really warm up, since they will be getting no sea breeze,” said Dave Beusterien, a meteorologist with WeatherData Inc., which provides forecasts for The Times.

In Orange County, the weather will be generally fair “aside from some low clouds during the late night and early morning along the immediate coast,” said WeatherData meteorologist Ken Smith. Highs will be in the low to mid-80s, with nighttime temperatures dipping to the low to mid-60s, he said.

In other words, the weather won’t change much for the weekend, he said.

“It’s pretty much status quo for the next couple or three days,” Smith said.

In El Toro on Thursday, the temperature reached 81 degrees, while the overnight low was 57. San Juan Capistrano’s high was 80, with nighttime temperatures around 59. Newport Beach registered 69 as a high and 63 as a low.

High temperatures in the low 90s will be common inland this weekend, while the beaches will see highs from the low to middle 70s. Los Angeles Civic Center highs will be in the mid-80s.

In the northern deserts, highs will range from the upper 90s to about 105, and the southern deserts will see readings between 105 and 113.