Beat The Baldwin Park Heat: Coastal Temperatures Beckon As Monsoons Pour

There may be monsoonal moisture, torrential downpours and flash flooding inland, but at the Orange County beaches, partly cloudy skies and balmy ocean breezes reign.

In San Gabriel Valley, a flash flood watch remained in effect Thursday in the San Gabriel Mountains and the Antelope Valley as "copious amounts of monsoonal moisture will continue to stream across Southern California" through the end of the day, the National Weather Service said.

Because of the monsoonal moisture, there's a chance of showers and thunderstorms again Thursday, forecasters said. Any thunderstorm may produce intense downpours, which could trigger flash flooding, according to the NWS.

"Flash flooding is a very dangerous situation," according to an NWS statement, which said flash flooding and debris flows will be a threat especially in areas previously denuded in wildfires.

While Thursday's highest chance of flash flooding was in the San Gabriel Mountains and Antelope Valley, a flash flood watch was in effect until late Wednesday in the San Fernando, Santa Clarita and San Gabriel valleys.

At the same time, temperatures will remain high, with the hottest community expected to be Woodland Hills.

Pretty good reason to hit the shores of Surf City U. S. A. according to former Glendora resident, Wendy Grosse.

The NWS forecast mostly partly cloudy skies Thursday and thunderstorms in the San Gabriels and Antelope Valley, along with highs of 80 degrees in Avalon, Arcadia and Diamond Bar; 81 at LAX and Glendora; 82 in Baldwin Park and Claremont; 88 in Long Beach; 89 on Mount Wilson; 90 in Downtown Los Angeles; 94 in Burbank; 95 in San Gabriel; 96 in Lancaster; 97 in Pasadena and Palmdale; 99 in Saugus; and 100 in Woodland Hills. Temperatures will stay the same in some communities Friday but drop by a few degrees in others, and by a few degrees more on Saturday.

Partly cloudy skies were forecast in Orange County, along with highs of 73 in Laguna Beach; 79 in Dana Point, Newport Beach and Newport Beach; 83 in Aliso Viejo and Laguna Niguel; 87 in Los Alamitos; 89 in Lake Forest and Rancho Santa Margarita; 90 in Mission Viejo; 91 in Irvine; 92 in Anaheim; 93 in Fullerton; and 94 in Yorba Linda. Orange County temperatures will be 2-3 degrees lower Friday according to the National Weather Service.

Photo, courtesy Greg Viviani, SoLagLocal