Jun 22, 2008 7:31 am US/Pacific
It's Cooling Down! No, Really ... It Is Kinda
LOS ANGELES
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It will be 100+ degrees in the Valley Sunday for the fifth straight day. But...it is cooling down. Seriously.
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Don't throw out your recipe for ice cubes just yet!
The heat wave of 2008 will continue Sunday but the good news is that it's cooling down.
Cooling "down" of course being a relative term.
Temperatures in the valleys are expected to exceed 100 degrees for a fifth day in a row.
The warmest Valley areas are forecast to top out around 105 degrees, and that is down 4 degrees from Saturday's highs in Chatsworth, Newhall and Van Nuys.
See? Something to cheer about! Four degrees. Woo hoo! [Keep thinking about igloos in Alaska. It helps.]
Burbank and Woodland Hills hit 107 degrees, according to the Weather Service. [Eskimos selling snowcones?]
On Friday, the hottest day of the period as well as the summer solstice, and the longest day of the year (and it felt like it!) the mercury hit 111 degrees in Woodland Hills.
The beaches, relatively cool in the 70s and low 80s, have been packed
with people looking to beat the inland heat. Estimates say that 150,000 people went to the beaches this weekend, more than double the crowd from last weekend. That many more people are probably still looking for parking spaces.
Lifeguards estimated Saturday's crowd walking around the Santa Monica Pier at 100,000 people.
In Manhattan Beach, a lifeguard in a truck accidentally ran over the leg
of a young woman about 3:15 p.m. Sunday a lifeguard spokesperson was quoted as saying her injuries "appear serious."
City-run pools, especially in the San Fernando Valley, were busy as well.
Today's coastal highs are expected to be in the mid 70s, with inland temperatures topping out in the mid 90s, according to the National Weather Service.
Despite the heat, people are being asked to conserve electricity and water -- the state is in a drought, and sections of the huge "Sepulveda feeder" pipeline are being replaced.
By Monday, morning fog and low clouds should help cap the temperatures, with valley highs forecast to top out in the mid 90s.
The NWS says by midweek, valley highs should be in the mid 80s, which is close to normal for this time of year.
The NWS expects red flag warnings, signifying high fire danger, and
excessive heat warnings will expire overnight.
Speaking of excessive heat, and we were, the 100-degree reading at the Long Beach Airport Saturday was the hottest on record for the date since 1973, when it was 98 degrees. At LAX, the 1973 record of 90 degrees fell in the face of yesterday's high -- 92 degrees.
The high desert also baked, with Palmdale and Lancaster hitting 106
degrees. But wait...misery loves company. Downtown steamed up to 97 degrees. Torrance was a sweaty 99 degrees, and the normally cool Getty Center recorded a high of 95. [Okay, last try...eskimos selling snowcones during a blizzard after an avalanche. Cooler?]
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