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Your SoCal weather report for Thursday, Aug. 8: Slightly cooler today before warm weather ramps up again for the weekend
Temperatures to drop a few degrees but it will still feel warm inland.
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Quick Facts
- Today’s weather: Hot, sunny
- Beaches: 70s
- Mountains: 80s-90s
- Inland: 80s-90s
- Deserts: 100s
- Warnings and advisories: None
Happy Thursday. Cooling will continue for the coastal valleys, but inland areas and deserts will still feel a bit warm. Tomorrow, a warming trend begins.
Low clouds along the beaches will clear later this morning making way for sunny skies and highs in the mid 70s up to 80s for the inland coast. Valley highs will be in the upper 80s to mid 90s, and up to 99 degrees for the Inland Empire.
Antelope Valley will be very warm today with highs up to 102 degrees.
The high desert will be a couple of degrees cooler with highs up to 106, and up to 110 in the low desert.
Tonight's lows will be much cooler, down in the 60s, but 80s for the low desert.
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A warming trend comes back tomorrow. Forecasters warn that the heat risk will be highest on Saturday when hot temperatures will peak for inland areas.
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Things to do
- Bastani Sonnati flavor launch party: Jeni’s Splendid is known for their unique flavors, so swing by the Larchmont shop to try a new flavor partnership with streetwear brand The Hundreds. Bastani Sonnati — a combination of saffron, rosewater, and pistachio — will be available by the scoop or pint. And starting August 8, the flavor will be available in all Jeni’s L.A. locations and online.
Check out our full list of things to do this week.
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