HAPPINESS
IS A WARM CUP
August 9, 2025 6:48 pm
Southern California Overview:
- Hot conditions expected continue into early next week with widespread moderate HeatRisk across the Inland Empire, mountains, and High Desert with widespread major HeatRisk in the low desert. There is a 10-15% chance of showers and thunderstorms over the central and southern San Diego County mountains and adjacent desert slopes each afternoon this weekend. Conditions will gradually cool to below normal by the end of next week. Areas of low clouds and fog will reach into the western valleys each night and morning through early next week, deepening further late next week.
- Repeated rounds of heavy rain likely to produce numerous instances of flash flooding across portions of the Midwest through Monday. Severe thunderstorms pose a threat of large hail, damaging winds, and isolated tornadoes from portions of eastern Colorado to the central Plains and the western Great Lakes through tonight. Risk of elevated fire weather conditions persists across parts of the Four Corners through Sunday.