Thursday May Be the Hottest of the Year

No, an egg's not going to cook on a La Cañada sidewalk, but temperatures in the mid-to-high 90s, today and Friday are expected to be the hottest days of this week's heat wave, according to the National Weather Service.

The weather agency issued a hazardous weather outlook for southern California, with temperatures predicted to hit between 103 and 105 degrees in Woodland Hills and Saugus, said weather specialist Stuart Seto.

And if you need to create cool air because you don’t have air conditioning?

“Set a pack of ice in front of a fan,’’ he said.

For San Gabriel Valley and the Angeles National Forest, there’s a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms rolling in late Friday, he said, adding there’s a high-pressure system reaching out to California from Arizona and New Mexico.

A gradual cooling trend should begin Sunday, with temperatures dipping a few degrees and possibly dropping into the 80s by the middle of next week.

“It’s going to be hot all week,’’ he said.