Slightly Cooler Temperatures To Chase Away Heat Wave In Pasadena

LOS ANGELES, CA — Angelenos will get a slight break from the heat this week as temperatures return to normal, ending the third heat wave of the summer. The relief will be slight, however.

Highs will remain in triple digit territory Monday in some valley areas before dropping a few degrees below 100 midweek. Temperatures will will be close to normal before heating up again in time for the weekend, forecasters said Monday.

The National Weather Service forecast a combination of partly cloudy and sunny skies in L.A. County Monday and highs of 74 at LAX; 79 in Avalon; 86 in Long Beach; 87 in Downtown L.A.; 88 on Mount Wilson; 92 in San Gabriel; 94 in Pasadena and Burbank; 99 in Saugus; 102 in Woodland Hills; and 103 in Palmdale and Lancaster. Woodland Hills is forecast to hit 98 degrees Tuesday. Palmdale and Lancaster will be only one degree lower than Monday.

Tuesday's highs will be a degree or 2 lower and decline similarly on Wednesday. But by Sunday, highs will be back at Monday's or Tuesday's levels. Still, Tuesday's levels will be close to normal for July, meaning Monday can be described as the last day of the Southland's third heat wave of Summer 2019, said NWS meteorologist Curt Kaplan.

He said Monday's temperatures will not be as high as had been expected because the ridge of high pressure aloft is a little weaker than had been anticipated as it affects the L.A. area. Desert areas such as Riverside County's Coachella Valley, however, remain exceedingly hot.

Sunny skies were forecast in Orange County Monday, along with highs of 74 in San Clemente, Newport Beach and Laguna Beach; 84 in Santiago Canyon; 87 in Irvine; 88 in Fullerton and Ortega Highway at 2,600 feet; 89 in Mission Viejo; 90 in Yorba Linda, Anaheim and Fremont Canyon; and 91 in Trabuco Canyon. Temperatures will decline by about a frhree Tuesday and remain at that level at least through Sunday.

City News Service and Patch Staffer Paige Austin contributed to this report.