No fewer than four straight days have brought 80-degree warmth to inlandvalleys of Southern California, and more warm, dry daytimes lie ahead.For instance, on Tuesday, the Los Angeles Basin will reach 80 degrees onceagain. More widely, high temperatures will range through the 70s, aside from afew upper 60s at the beaches.
Predominately offshore winds will keep the region dry and relatively warmthrough at least Friday.
No return of rainy Pacific storms is in sight through at least the end of theweek, maybe even through the last of January.
By Jim Andrews, AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist
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