Forecasters: Christmas Will Be Clear, Sunny and 76 in Pasadena

Santa Claus may just pull off his route on Christmas Eve and stay in Pasadena. Compared to the North Pole, Pasadena’s weather will be ideal.

National Weather Service forecasters said Christmas Eve and Christmas Day will see warm and dry conditions, with Saturday reaching 74 and Sunday hitting 76.

Skies will be clear and sunny, they said.

Near normal temperatures with bouts of clouds are expected early this week.

The stable and beautiful weather this week has been marred, however, by air quality. Air quality regulators have extended a mandatory prohibition on indoor and outdoor wood burning in Pasadena and much of the Southland for a second day due to a forecast of high air pollution in the area.

The residential wood-burning ban will be in effect through at least 11:59 p.m. Monday evening for all those in the South Coast Air Basin, South Coast Air Quality Management District.

Low-income households and those without natural gas service also are exempt from the requirement.

The no-burn rule prohibits burning wood as well as manufactured fire logs, such as those made from wax or paper.

Gas and other non-wood burning fireplaces are not restricted, the SCAQMD said.

Here is the week’s forecast from the National Weather service: