A high-pressure system and breezy east winds caused temperatures to reach a record-tying 99° in downtown Los Angeles and a scorching 100° in Chatsworth Wednesday, with hot and dry conditions forecast to continue through Thursday.
The high in downtown tied the temperature record set Oct. 12, 1950. A Long Beach temperature of 102° broke the old record of 96° set in 1963.
Temperatures also reached 104° in San Gabriel, 101° in Pasadena, 100° in Pomona and Saugus, 99° in Burbank, 98° at UCLA, and 97° in Hawthorne and Van Nuys.
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The National Weather Service forecast highs for today of at least 100° in Chatsworth, 98° in downtown Los Angeles, 99° in Long Beach, 82° at Los Angeles International Airport, 100° in Pasadena, 101° in Woodland Hills, 96° in Newhall, 93° in Lancaster and 92° in Palmdale.
A cooling trend is expected to begin Friday, as the ridge aloft breaks down and gradients tend strongly onshore.
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The weather service advised Southern Californians not used to this heat to be extra cautious with outdoor activities and check on those without air conditioning.
—City News Service contributed to this report.
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