Warming trend expected as storm leaves Southland

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Cars parked at a home on Heath Creek Road are dusted in the season’s first snowfall. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

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A bird searches for food Thursday morning on bushes covered in the season’s first snowfall on Blue Ridge above Wrightwood. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

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The season’s first snowfall in Wrightwood. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

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Visitors get a view of the mountains covered in the season’s first snowfall. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

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Ricki Alverado checks on her vegetable garden covered in the season’s first snowfall. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

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Ivan Huerta, 5, plays on a hillside covered in season’s first snowfall in Wrightwood. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

By Jason Wells

Oct. 10, 2013 6:23 AM PT

A building high-pressure system will push the season’s first storm out of the Los Angeles area Thursday, ushering in warmer temperatures through Saturday, forecasters said.

The storm brought showers to the region Wednesday with some areas reporting half an inch or more of rain. But as the high pressure moves in, the Southland can expect a “noticeable warming trend” heading into the weekend, according to the National Weather Service.

Mostly clear skies are expected by Thursday afternoon, with high temperatures in the 60s across much of the region. Expect temperatures in the mid-70s inland and in the 60s at the beaches Friday through Tuesday, the weather service said.

Conditions through next week “should remain rather unremarkable,” and no significant winds are expected to accompany the ridge of high pressure, the weather service said.

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