Santa Ana Winds, Heat, Followed By Fall Weather In SGV

ARCADIA, CA — A brief Santa Ana returned to the Southland, Tuesday, blanketing the area with heat and high humidity. A heat advisory was in effect until 8 p.m. in the San Gabriel valley. Residents were warned to drink plenty of fluids, stay in air-conditioning, and check in on relatives and neighbors.

The NWS forecast sunny skies in L-A County Tuesday and highs of 79 in Avalon; 84 on Mount Wilson86 at LAX; 90 in Long Beach; 92 in Downtown L.A.; 93 in Palmdale; 94 in Lancaster; 98 in San Gabriel; 99 in Burbank; 100 in Pasadena and Saugus; and 102 in Woodland Hills.

Temperatures were expected to fall by up to 17 degrees Wednesday and by up to another 11 degrees Thursday, under mostly cloudy skies and possibilities of rain in some areas.

The Santa Ana winds were expected to gust up to 45 miles per hour in some areas, especially across mountain areas, and some communities will reach triple-digit territory or close to it.

Tuesday highs would hit 92 degrees in Downtown L.A., 94 in Yorba Linda, 98 in San Gabriel, 99 in Burbank and Saugus, 100 in Pasadena and 102 in Woodland Hills. Temperatures in some communities will be 10 degrees or more above normal, said NWS meteorologist Kristen Stewart.

Downtown L.A., where 82 is the normal high, will reach 92 Tuesday. Burbank, normally 85, will hit 99 degrees. She said the high heat and "low to moderate" Santa Ana Winds would combine to create "elevated fire danger" amid humidity levels of 8-15 percent near the coast.

Sunny skies were forecast in Orange County, along with highs of 75 on Santiago Peak; 77 in Laguna Beach; 78 in San Clemente; 79 in Newport Beach; 88 on Ortega Highway at 2,600 feet; 92 in Fullerton, Irvine and Mission Viejo; 94 in Trabuco Canyon; 96 in Anaheim and Fremont Canyon; and 97 in Yorba Linda.

Temperatures were expected to drop by up to 12 degrees Wednesday and by up to another six degrees Thursday under partly cloudy skies.