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Your SoCal weather report for Friday, July 26: Southland to cool down this weekend
Expect cooler weather this weekend.
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Quick Facts
- Today’s weather: Warm, sunny
- Beaches: 70s
- Mountains: 80s-90s
- Inland: 90-100
- Deserts: 90s-117
- Warnings and advisories: Excessive Heat warning
We made it to Friday and the good news is that the heatwave is coming to an end.
Forecasters say this weekend there will be low clouds and fog for the coasts and valleys during the mornings and temperatures will be a couple degrees below normal.
Today, temperatures along for the beaches will be in the mid 70s up to mid 80s for the inland coast. Orange County areas will see highs in the 80s.
The valleys will see highs in the upper 80s to low 90s expect for the western San Fernando Valley and Santa Clarita Valley, where a high of 100 degrees is expected in the warmest areas.
More inland, temperatures will be in the upper 90s up to 104 degrees in lower Riverside county.
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Over in the deserts, expect a high of 105 degrees for the high desert and up to 118 degrees for Coachella Valley. Excessive heat for the deserts will end tonight.
Forecasters say gusty winds will prevail over Coachella Valley, with the strongest gusts in northern Coachella Valley of 40 to 50 mph this evening and up to 55 mph for Saturday evening.
Overnight lows will drop to the 60s for interior areas, but remain in the 80s for low deserts. Read why that's a health risk.
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Things to do
It's Food Friday! Today is national bagelfest day — check out our guide for where to get the best bagels in LA.
- Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony in IMAX: Paris is nine hours ahead of L.A., so spend your morning saying “Bonjour!” to the athletes as the XXXIII Olympiad kicks off. NBC is broadcasting the full Opening Ceremony on its Peacock properties if you want to stay in your WFH loungewear, but you can also head to select IMAX movie theaters to catch the ceremony live on a (really) big screen. Keep an eye out for the Lakers’ LeBron James carrying the flag for Team USA.
- Our food editor Gab Chabran has a new CFE for you in Fountain Valley.
Check out our full list of things to do this weekend.
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