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Southern California coast cools off, but valleys not so much

Max Boxeth water plants in the 3,000 square-feet of raised gardens in Second Harvest Food Bank’s parking lot in Irvine, on Wednesday, June 10, 2020. A high of 88 degrees was forecast for Thursday in the city. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

LOS ANGELES — Temperatures near the coast will be cooler Thursday than on Wednesday, but in the valleys, the difference between Thursday and Wednesday will not be as pronounced.

Thanks in part to a stronger sea breeze, coastal temperatures should run about 10 to 15 degrees lower than on Wednesday, said National Weather Service meteorologist Kristen Stewart. But on the whole, Thursday’s temperatures will be 8 to 12 degrees above normal, she said, with several valley locations remaining in the 90s.

The NWS forecast sunny skies in LA County Thursday and highs of 79 in Avalon, on Mt. Wilson, and at LAX; 84 in Long Beach; 88 in downtown LA; 91 in Burbank; 92 in San Gabriel; 93 in Pasadena and Santa Clarita; 96 in Woodland Hills; 97 in Lancaster; and 98 in Palmdale. Today’s high in downtown LA, which forecasters regard as part of the coastal zone, will be 8 degrees cooler than Wednesday, while Woodland Hills will be 4 degrees lower. Temperatures will decline Friday — 10 degrees in several communities — and slightly more over ensuing days, settling at a high of 79 in downtown LA next Wednesday and 85 in Woodland Hills.

Sunny skies were also forecast in Orange County Thursday, along with highs 6-10 degrees lower than Wednesday, including 72 in Laguna Beach; 73 in San Clemente, 75 in Newport Beach and on Santiago Peak; 84 on Ortega Highway at 2,600 feet; 87 at Fremont Canyon; 88 at Trabuco Canyon; 90 in Fullerton and Irvine; 91 in Yorba Linda; 92 in Anaheim. A cooldown starts Friday.


Source: Orange County Register

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