A Taste of Summer: Temperatures Heat Up Toluca Lake Tuesday

TOLUCA LAKE, CA - Los Angeles-area temperatures will climb several degrees above normal Tuesday, reaching the 90s in the San Fernando, Santa Clarita and Antelope valleys.

Forecasters blamed the unseasonable heat on a ridge of high pressure and an offshore flow, which, though weak, is limiting sea breezes.

Downtown L.A. was forecast to hit a high of 83 degrees Fahrenheit Tuesday - - 9 degrees above normal, said National Weather Service Robbie Munroe. Woodland Hills is forecast to hit 92 -- 14 degrees above normal, Munroe said -- while Saugus will reach a high of 94, or 17 degrees above average.

The Antelope Valley will also experience unseasonable heat, with a high of 92 expected in Palmdale -- not 78, which is normal for this time of the year, according to the NWS.

But a cooling trend is on its way, and showers are expected Sunday and Monday.

In the meantime, the NWS forecast sunny skies Tuesday and highs of 74 in Avalon; 75 at LAX; 79 in Long Beach; 82 on Mount Wilson; 83 in Downtown L.A.; 86 in San Gabriel; 87 in Burbank; 88 in Pasadena; 91 in Lancaster; 92 in Woodland Hills and Palmdale; and 94 in Saugus.

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