Experience another toasty day out there today with temperatures up near the 90-degree mark. As high pressure shifts to our east, temperatures will cool through the weekend along with a return of the monsoon flow. We're also looking at some drift smoke in the area this evening from a wildfire burning well to our west in the Angeles National Forest. There are currently no fires in our area. Otherwise, expect mostly clear skies this evening with light winds as lows drop into the 50s. High pressure over the Four Corners will begin to draw mid and upper-level moisture into the area this weekend, for some afternoon clouds on Saturday with highs in the mid-80s. Deeper moisture is forecast to arrive on Sunday, bringing our first shot at some afternoon thundershowers. Cooler with highs in the lower 80s, southeast winds 5-15 mph gusty near any thunderstorms. An easterly wave tracking west out of Arizona will move through our area Monday into Tuesday, helping to enhance shower and thunderstorm development, some of which could even spill westward over our coastal and valley areas. High pressure will remain off to our area throughout next week, drawing moisture into the region with showers and thunderstorms likely at times, mainly during the afternoons. We will see a varying degree of coverage and intensity from day to day, but some storms could be locally strong to severe and capable of producing flash flooding rains, gusty winds, frequent lightning, and hail. Always head indoors when thunder roars; if you can hear it, you're close enough to be struck by lightning. At this time, it looks like the monsoon flow will stay strong through next weekend, so we should pick up some beneficial rainfall over the next 7-10 days!

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