What to expect: Today's weather is about 2 to 5 degrees cooler for most of the inland areas. This weekend will be much cooler.
Watches/warnings/advisories: A beach hazards statement is out for L.A. and Orange County beaches/coasts, and expect dense fog for Orange County coasts until 9 a.m.
We're looking at a cool weekend after an unseasonably warm week. But today will still be pretty warm.
Think one last beach day before the cool down.
At the beaches and along the coast, highs are forecast to be in the mid 70s, up to 77 in Long Beach.
In downtown Los Angeles, highs will reach up to 82 and the valleys will be hot with highs in the 90s. It'll get up to 99 in the hottest areas of the San Fernando Valley.
Inland, temperatures will drop slightly. Riverside and San Bernardino county valley highs will reach up to 95. In Orange County inland areas, expect a high of 91 and 80 along the coast.
In the high desert, temperatures will reach up to 90 and in low desert, Coachella Valley will see a high of 104.
Tonight's lows for most of the Southland are still in the mid 60s, 70s for deserts.
There's a beach hazard statement out for the coastal areas, specifically for L.A. County beaches and Orange County coastal areas. Expect high surf between 3 to 6 feet, with sets up to 7 feet through the evening.
And another dense fog advisory is out for the Orange County coasts until 9 a.m.
On this day in 2004, a large winter storm brought a month's worth of record rainfall in a single day in many parts of Orange County and drenched much of Southern California. For the following two weeks, the lower elevations at Orange County saw 2 to 8 total inches of rainfall.
Give yourself a high-five because you made it through the work week. Looking to several ways to kick off the weekend? How about checking out a comedy show:
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