Bring out your umbrellas. Cooling temperatures and scattered showers start Thursday night

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Set us as preferred It’s time to dust off your umbrella.A Pacific storm system is poised to bring rain to much of California starting Thursday evening and into the weekend, with a second storm forecast to arrive Sunday to keep the region cool and moist into next week.The brunt of the rainfall from the first storm is anticipated to wallop Northern California and provide scatter showers over the southern region, meteorologists say.

“It won’t be as dramatic of a winter storm, but it will nonetheless add to the already above-average seasonal rain totals in Southern California,” said climate scientist Daniel Swain during a live discussion on YouTube.While you’re at it, unpack your long-sleeve sweaters as well, as forecasters predict a significant cooling trend beginning Thursday.The high temperatures will range between the mid to upper 70s for coastal communities and the downtown Los Angeles area — in contrast to temperatures in the mid to low 80s over the last week.

It’ll feel warm during the day; however, temperatures are anticipated to drop about 10 degrees more in the evening and remain in the mid to high 60s throughout the rest of the week starting Friday.The cooler temperatures are coming from a long-anticipated offshore pattern that is finally swinging onshore, forecasters with the National Weather Service’s Oxnard office said.

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