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Your SoCal Weather Report For Monday, June 3: A Taste Of Summer
Forecast highs for Monday afternoon.
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Welcome back! If you need some Monday motivation, then today's forecast is an early taste of summer — warm temps, and plenty of afternoon sunshine.
Quick Facts
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- Today’s weather: Warm, sunny
- Beaches: 64-72
- Mountains: 70s-80s
- Inland: 74-88
- Warnings and advisories: Excessive Heat Watch
The coasts will be the coolest areas today and throughout the week with low clouds this morning giving way to partly cloudy skies this afternoon — highs around 64 for the Malibu Coast and Santa Monica, up to 68 degrees for Long Beach and 72 degrees for Orange County beaches.
The inland coast will be a few degrees warmer with highs in the mid 70s. Over in the valleys, expect highs in the upper 70s to mid 80s, up to 88 degrees for the Inland Empire.
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Also expect a high of 93 degrees in the high deserts, up to 102 degrees for the low deserts.
Tonight's lows will drop to the 50s, in the 70s for the deserts.
About the advisory
Come Wednesday, the National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat watch for the high desert — that includes the Antelope Valley, Apple and Lucerne Valleys.
Forecasters say temperatures are expected to reach up to 104 degrees. This excessive heat will start Wednesday morning through Thursday evening. Now is the time to prepare ahead of the heat.
Tips to stay cool
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- Kiddie pool
- Lotions in the fridge
- Eat spicy foods in the basement (or on the floor) while wearing a damp shirt and listening to the rain setting on your white noise machine
- Make sure ceiling fans are running counterclockwise
- Wet paper towels. Fold into ankle and wrist cuffs. Freeze. Wear. Repeat.
- Build a DIY AC
- Build a mini cold air fan
- Build an "evaporative cooler for immediate heat relief"
- Make a barricade of fans and ice cubes
- Go to an air-conditioned store and browse for as long as possible (Target is a good option for this).
- Close all the curtains, preferably the heat-absorbing kind
- Or open all the windows, depending on the breeze situation
- Cool bath or shower twice a day
- Wash your sheets before bed but don't dry them — put them on your bed damp (provided you're dealing with a dry heat)
- Portable A/C unit
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This day in history
On this day in 1992, an inch of snow fell in Wrightwood, and 3 inches of snow fell on Mt. Laguna.
Things to do
- 'Madama Butterfly 蝶々夫人': Puccini’s Madame Butterfly takes a new turn at Pacific Opera Project as it is performed not in Italian — but instead in both Japanese and English. This change helps explore the central question: How would an American Naval officer and a young Japanese woman communicate? The show also features intricate costume design by Sueko Oshimoto & Kentaro Terra of SK Kimono and a chorus performed by the South Bay Singers led by Naoko Suga.
Check out our full list of things to do this week.
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