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Your SoCal Weather Report For Friday, June 7: A Slow Cooling Trend Begins For The Weekend
Hot temperatures continue today but come this weekend temperatures will drop.
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Quick Facts
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- Today’s weather: Hot, partly cloudy
- Beaches: 60s-70s
- Mountains: 70s-80s
- Deserts: 90s-109
- Inland: 80s
- Warnings and advisories: Heat Advisory
We made it to Friday. Today will be hot with partly cloudy skies this afternoon, but over the weekend, expect temperatures to drop.
The deep marine layer is creating foggy conditions and even patchy drizzle for L.A. and Orange County this morning,
Highs along the coast will be in the upper 60s to mid 70s,
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The valley will see highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s. Over in the Inland Empire temperatures are still warmer with highs 83 to 91 degrees.
Heat advisories continue for the desert communities. Antelope valley will experience highs up to 100 degrees until 8 p.m., up to 102 degrees for the high desert, and up to 109 degrees for the low desert, where the heat will break away by 9 p.m.
Tonight's lows will be in the upper 50s to low 60s.
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
This day in history
On this day in 1979, Texas became the first state to make Juneteenth an official holiday.
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Things to do
The weekend is here and if you're looking for recommendations, we have movie recommendations, food mashups, and more:
- Amandititita & Ramona, Hosted By Pili & Raúl: Get down to Amandititita’s cumbia beats and the romantic psychedelic rock sounds of Ramona at the Regent. Amandititita – daughter of the late Mexican rock/folk icon Rodrigo Gonzalez – plays what she has named "AnarCumbia," a blend of rock, reggae, rap, and traditional Mexican cumbia. This week’s show benefits the free shows happening all summer long at MacArthur Park’s Levitt Pavilion.
Check out our full list of things to do this weekend:
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