Mild Santa Anas, Warming Trend to 90 Degrees in Valleys

CALIFORNIA THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY...UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL PERSIST ACROSS MUCH OF THEFORECAST AREA THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY...AS A STRONG UPPER LEVELHIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COMBINED WITH OFFSHORE FLOW WILL BRING AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF HEAT TO THE REGION. GUSTYNORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING WITH LOCALGUSTS 30 TO 45 MPH EXPECTED ACROSS THE WIND PRONE PASSES AND CANYONSOF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES.

THE WEAK TO MODERATE SANTA ANA EVENT WILL INITIALLY BE STRONG ENOUGHTO CAUSE A WIDESPREAD WARM UP TO THE COASTAL AREAS TOMORROWAFTERNOON. THE WARMEST TEMPERATURES LIKELY REACHING THE LOWER 90SACROSS THE COASTAL AREAS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES...WHILE THE VALLEYS WARM UP TO AROUND 90...WITH A FEW SITES POSSIBLYREACHING THE LOWER 90S. THE CENTRAL COAST WILL ALSO FEEL THE AFFECTSOF THE OFFSHORE FLOW...WARMING TEMPERATURES INTO THE UPPER 80S TOAROUND 90 DEGREES ON TUESDAY.

THE OFFSHORE FLOW WILL LIKELY WEAKEN A TAD ON WEDNESDAY...WHICH WILLALLOW THE LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTY VALLEYS TO WARM UP TO THEMID TO UPPER 90S...WHILE THE COAST CONTINUES TO STAY IN THE LOWER TOMID 90S. EXPECT SOME HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS TO BE BROKEN OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS...ESPECIALLY ON WEDNESDAY. BY THURSDAY...TEMPERATURES SHOULD GRADUALLY BEGIN TO COOL AS ARETURN OF THE SEABREEZE IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE COASTAL AREAS BY THEAFTERNOON. VALLEY TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN IN THE LOWER 90S...WITH COASTAL AREAS EXPERIENCING THE BEST COOLING WITH TEMPS RANGING FROMTHE MID 70S TO MID 80S.A MORE EXTENSIVE COOLING WILL LIKELY ARRIVE THIS WEEKEND AS ANAPPROACHING TROUGH WILL REPLACE THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BRINGING
TEMPERATURES DOWN TO MORE NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.

ALTHOUGH IT IS THE BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER...WITH TEMPERATURESEXPECTED TO REACH THE UPPER 90S...REMEMBER TO STAY HYDRATED BYDRINKING PLENTY OF FLUIDS...AND NEVER LEAVE CHILDREN...THE ELDERLY AND PETS IN ENCLOSED AUTOMOBILES...EVEN FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. EVEN IF THE WINDOWS ARE PARTIALLY OPEN...TEMPERATURES CAN QUICKLY RISE TO LIFE THREATENING LEVELS.