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Thomas Fire Burn Area Residents, Cleanup Crews Get Break With Weather; No Major Rainfall In Forecast

A cold front moving through the Central and South Coasts Thursday night, and early Friday morning had created concern earlier in the week about the potential for new problems in brush fire burn areas.

But, meteorologists now have good news, and say we’ll see little more than light showers on the South Coast.

Mike Wofford, with the National Weather Service, says the showers overnight tonight are expected to be so light, and scattered that no weather warnings or watches are planned. There could be light showers north of Point Conception, with only a few hundredths expected to the south, in the Thomas Fire burn zone.

And, Wofford says there’s more good news for those involved in cleanup, and repair efforts from last week’s flooding. Dry weather is in the forecast through the weekend, and into at least early next week.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.