Heat wave will bring excessive heat warnings to Southern California desert areas
Heat wave will bring excessive heat warnings to Southern California desert areas
by Richard K. De Atley
Southern California will warm up even more for Memorial Day and then turn hot, with excessive heat warnings for triple-digit “dangerously hot conditions” set to start Tuesday for several desert areas, with no relief in sight until Friday, the National Weather Service said Sunday, May 24.
Among the possibly hottest spots later in the week: Death Valley National Park could edge toward 120 degrees.
The coast will escape, the National Weather Service said, but the marine layer over the beaches will not extend inland, where clear skies will prevail during the heat wave.
“Expect very warm to hot days inland, and especially over the deserts where the sea breeze will have little effect,” the NWS said.
The culprit is a high pressure ridge that will park over much of the area starting Tuesday and stay into Friday. Along with excessive heat warnings, which are mostly set to start Tuesday, there could be heat advisories for valleys and lower mountain elevations as well, the NWS said.
The system is expected to finally budge Friday with the ocean air flow inland increasing into the weekend, bringing a pattern of cooler air and low marine clouds inland again.
Excessive heat warnings will go into effect from noon Tuesday to 7 p.m. Friday for the Antelope Valley, in Los Angeles County, with high temperatures forecast of 100 to 105 degrees; the Coachella Valley and the San Gorgonio Pass in Riverside County, with highs forecast between 108 to 112 degrees; and the Apple and Lucerne valleys in San Bernardino County, with highs of 100 to 105 expected.
The excessive heat warnings will then roll east, from 10 a.m. Wednesday to 8 p.m. Friday for southeast California. Barstow and the Morongo Basin could have temperatures from 105 to 110 degrees, and 110 to 115 for Needles.
Death Valley National Park could reach 115 to 120 degrees and afternoon temperatures in Joshua Tree National Park, 104 to 114, the NWS said.
Some forecast highs and lows for Memorial Day Monday include Los Angeles, 86 and 64; Pasadena, 91 and 66; Woodland Hills, 90 and 64; Long Beach, 79 and 61; Redondo Beach, 73 and 62; Anaheim, 87 and 63; Huntington Beach, 74 and 63; Riverside, 96 and 61; San Bernardino, 97 and 62; and Ontario, 93 and 65.
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