Scorching temps this weekend with chance of thunderstorms

Happy Friday folks. Today will be hot, and even hotter this weekend with a chance of thunderstorms and rain showers Sunday.

Patchy fog along the coast will burn off by 11 a.m. making way for a perfect beach day with highs in the mid 70s, up to 80 degrees in Long Beach. Elsewhere expect sunny skies all day, so don't skip out on the sunscreen.

The valleys and inland areas will be warmer with highs in the mid 80s to low 90s — 89 degrees for Anaheim, 97 degrees for the Inland Empire.

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Desert highs have climbed for today — 100 degrees in Victorville, 112 degrees for Palm Springs

Tonight's lows will drop to the 60s, 70s for the low desert.

Weather forecasters say this weekend will be very hot and have issued a couple of advisories, plus there's a chance of thunderstorms and rain showers on Sunday. Let's break it down:

About those advisories and monsoon weather

The National Weather Service is issuing a heat advisory for much of the Southland as a dome of hot air from Texas makes its way west — the advisory applies for L.A. and Orange County and takes effect Saturday at 10 a.m. until Sunday night.

Inland valley, desert and mountain areas will be blistering this weekend. Many areas of the Southland are expected to reach triple digit temperatures. They include the mountains of Ventura, Los Angeles, San Bernardino and Riverside counties, which will be under an excessive heat watch from Saturday morning until Sunday night. The watch also applies for communities along 5 Freeway and Highway 14 freeway corridors.

Forecasters say tropical moisture will bring a 20% chance of thunderstorms and showers Sunday. Here's a glimpse from the NWS San Diego office for Orange County and Inland Empire:

Chance of thunderstorms and showers this Sunday

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This day in history

On this day in 1997, the WNBA made its debut when the Sparks hosted the New York Liberty at the Forum in Inglewood. L.A. lost by 10 points.

Things to do

• Make Music Day (Fête de la Musique):Kick off your weekend on Paris time with a celebration of music from Pulsations L.A.! It's part of the Paris 2024 Cultural Olympiad and will be streamed as part of a “rhythmic relay” happening in collaboration with musicians around the world ahead of the Paris Olympics later this summer. The concert – presented in partnership with the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, L.A. Commons, and Make Music L.A. – will feature performances from Kinnara Taiko, Fernando Pullum Community Arts Center Jazz Ensemble featuring vocalist Dwight Trible, tap dance by the Nicholas Dance Studio, poetry by artivist S. Pearl Sharp, and a family-friendly drum workshop by Project Knucklehead.

Check out our full list of things to do this weekend.