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Your SoCal weather report for Friday, Aug.9: The heat is back
Forecast highs for Friday afternoon.
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Quick Facts
- Today’s weather: Hot, sunny
- Beaches: 70s
- Mountains: 80s-90s
- Inland: 80s-90s, 100
- Deserts: 100-110
- Warnings and advisories: Excessive Heat Warning
TGIF, am I right? For your Friday forecast, expect some warmer weather today that will continue through the weekend.
Low clouds along the coasts will clear by later this morning, followed by sunny skies all afternoon.
Along the beaches expect highs in the 70s, 80s for inland coast. Temperatures are warming up in the valleys with a high of 100 degrees in the hottest parts of San Fernando and Santa Clarita valleys. San Gabriel Valley highs will remain in the upper 80s to mid 90s.
Inland Empire will see a high of 103 degrees.
In the high desert expect temperatures in the upper 90s up to 107 degrees, and up to 110 degrees in Coachella Valley.
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Tonight's lows will drop to the 60s for most of the Southland, but 80s for the low desert.
An excessive heat warning has been issued for the Antelope Valley for today through Saturday, where temperatures will reach up to 110 degrees.
But wait! One more thing!
If you haven't hear already, the annual Perseid meteor shower is happening Sunday night and there's plenty of dark spots around LA that you can go check it out. The spectacle will peak at 11 p.m. and right now, your weather forecast for Sunday night reads lows in the 60s, 80s for the deserts, with mostly clear skies.
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Things to do
- It's Food Friday and this week we are showing some love to tres leches and we recommend 7 spectacular places to try one in SoCal.
- Somos Los Angeles: Chicano Hearts': Word Theatre brings their brand of immersive storytelling to work by Chicano authors at this special event at Bergamot Station. Actors Richard Cabral, Diana Maria Riva, and Remy Ortiz will perform stories from Daniel Olivas’s new book My Chicano Heart: New and Collected Stories. Former Poet Laureate of Los Angeles Luis Rodriguez and writer and poet Estella González will also be featured at the event; books (and tacos!) will be available for purchase.
Check out our full list of things to do this weekend.
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