5 ways future Hurricane Marie could impact SoCal on Labor Day weekend

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Set us as preferred The exact path of future Hurricane Marie remains unclear.But it could impact Southern California’s Labor Day weekend.Forecasters say Marie could send showers and increased humidity to Southern California for the Labor Day weekend, as well as large waves and dangerous rip currents for south-facing beaches.

Here’s a rundown of what we know and what we don’t.Direct landfall of a hurricane-strength Marie is out of the question for California, and there’s only a 10% chance of a direct tropical storm landfall, said UC climate scientist Daniel Swain.But “there is a real chance of genuinely heavy rainfall and thunderstorms that could potentially cause flooding,” Swain said, which he put at between 20% to 25%.

There’s also a 20% to 25% chance of no rain at all.There are a few projections that would put the remnants of Marie on a path toward Southern California, but most of the computer models suggest the more likely scenario involves Hurricane Marie veering to the west of the Baja California peninsula and into the open ocean.

“Marie is most likely to take a track to the northwest, moving away from land,” said Robbie Berg, warning coordination meteorologist for the National Hurricane Center.“There is still a slim chance the storm could move farther north,” which could put it on a path toward Southern California.

Marie was still a tropical storm as of 7 a.m.Wednesday, with maximum sustained winds near 70 mph, the National Hurricane Center said.

Marie, which was about 1,300 miles southeast of San Diego on Tuesday night, is expected to become a hurricane later Wednesday.By Sunday, Marie is expected to be about 775 miles southwest of San Diego.

Marie is expected to start weakening some time during the weekend.The National Weather Service office in Oxnard said there’s a low chance of moderate...