The warm, sunny weather enjoyed by Southern Californians on Saturday — the first day of spring — is expected to return Sunday in time for the Los Angeles Marathon.
Although fog is forecast along the coast early Sunday morning, the clouds should begin to burn off by the time the fastest runners arrive in Santa Monica around 9:30 a.m., said Bill Hoffer, a spokesman for the National Weather Service in Oxnard.
Overnight low temperatures are expected to be in the 50s, and the mercury should climb to the 70s by the afternoon.
Protected by a ridge of high pressure, Southern Californians basked in balmy temperatures Saturday, with a high of 74 in Long Beach, 80 in Burbank, 81 in downtown Los Angeles, 83 in Santa Ana, 84 in Pasadena and 90 in Riverside.
Spring arrived in California at 10:32 a.m. The vernal equinox occurs on a day that the length of day and night is about the same everywhere on Earth.
— Rong-Gong Lin II
Photo: A toy and candy vendor walks along the shore of Echo Park Lake on Wednesday. Runners probably will not be tempted to take in the view. Click here for a high-resolution gallery of photos taken along the L.A. Marathon route. Credit: Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times
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