INLAND EMPIRE METRO: Winds diminishing with mostly clear skies through Friday morning. Little temperature change. Highs near 72. Sunrise lows down to 41. Partly cloudy over the weekend.

MOUNTAINS: Mostly clear through Thursday night becoming partly cloudy on Friday. Resort-level highs mostly in the 50s through Thursday.

DESERTS: Mostly sunny becoming partly cloudy Friday through the weekend. Light winds but up to 25 miles an hour Friday. Highs from 55 into the mid 70s.

BEACHES: Continued mostly clear but partly cloudy Friday. Highs through Thursday in the mid 60s. Advisory until Wednesday evening for high surf of 3-7 feet and dangerous rip currents. Water 55-63.

SUMMARY: The ebb and flow of the Santa Ana winds are keeping Southern California skies clear and dry.

Wind advisories will be downgraded before riving up again Thursday night through Friday.

Temperatures will be showing only minor variations. A few degrees will be tacked on each afternoon through Friday.

Coming changes will correspond to the opening of February. A large scale low pressure trough is predicted to get situated along the West Coast next week. It’s likely to generate strong west winds over the mountains and some desert areas. Temperatures will be cooling with a chance of some precipitation.