One More Day of July in January

Southern California’s taste of summer-like weather should last through today, forecasters said Thursday, but temperatures probably will drop a bit when clouds move in on the weekend.

Predictions of possible rain on Sunday, however, grew faint.

“It looks like only a slight chance of precipitation,” said meteorologist Dave Beusterien of WeatherData Inc., which provides forecasts to The Times.

With a high-pressure area over Utah pushing inland winds down the hillsides, Los Angeles Basin mercury readings again resembled those of early July. Thursday’s Civic Center high was 83 degrees after an overnight low of 53.

Beusterien said the temperature should be in the upper 70s today and possibly as high as 80, dropping to the mid-70s Saturday and down to the mid-60s Sunday when there will be light winds off the ocean to bring cloudiness.