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Elevated fire risk for mountains and valleys over LA and Ventura County
Los Angeles sunrise view of Porter Ranch and the 118 freeway in the San Fernando Valley. The San Gabriel Mountains, Burbank and North Hollywood, California are in the background.
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Quick Facts
- Today’s weather: Sunny
- Beaches: 60s
- Mountains: 60s-70s low elevations, 50s upper elevations
- Inland: high 70s
- Warnings and advisories: None
Good morning and welcome back to Monday. We hope you had a nice holiday weekend! Today's forecast brings you more rays of sunshine, dry weather and some light winds over the mountains and valleys.
The National Weather Service says there is an elevated risk of fire weather today over the mountains of western L.A. County and eastern Ventura County. That's due to low humidity and wind gusts up to 25 mph.
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Only time will tell how completely nature recovers from the devastating Eaton and Palisades fires in January 2025. But the early signs are at least partially encouraging.
As far as temperatures go, we're looking at highs in the 60s and 70s today — mid 60s for the beaches and low 70s for the coastal cities. Moving more inland, daytime highs will be in the mid to upper 70s. Western San Fernando Valley will reach up to 79 degrees and expect an average of 77 degrees for the Inland Empire.
Coachella Valley will reach 80 degrees today, while the Antelope Valley and the rest of the high desert will top out in the mid high 50s to mid 60s.
Tonight's lows will drop to the 40s.
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