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HAPPINESS

IS A WARM CUP

August 9, 2025 8:56 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.
  • United States Overview:

    • 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.

Local/State Headlines

  • M3.0 Earthquake Near Morongo Valley.
  • Gifford Fire burns for a 9th day; containment now 21%.
  • Canyon Fire smoke over parts of Southern California forces Air Quality Alert.
  • As Canyon fire winds down, heat wave bears down on Southern California.
  • Temps cool off by a few degrees, but warm weather sticks around for the weekend in SoCal.

Nat’l/Int’l Headlines…

  • New tropical wave emerging off Africa dubbed Invest 97L as older 96L spins into irrelevance.
  • Henriette briefly weakens before being resurrected as tropical storm over weekend.
  • Hurricane forecasters track Tropical Storm Ivo, Atlantic systems and more.
  • Tracking hurricane, storm development in the tropics.
  • Sirens wail as 90+ mph winds blast Nebraska, leaving over 80,000 without power.
  • Flood threat upgraded for Upper Mississippi River Valley as sluggish front triggers multiple rounds of rain.
  • Florida, Gulf Coast face weekend washout amid waves of tropical downpours.
  • Nearly 200 swimmers rescued from rip currents in one Florida county this week.
  • Air quality alert issued for all of Minnesota.
  • What to expect for the upcoming fall weather season.
  • First glimpses of fall 2025 forecast warn of high temperatures across USA.
  • NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope spots a potential gas giant.
  • NASA's Hubble telescope captures sharpest image yet of comet racing through solar system.

NOAA Weather

Los Alamitos Army Airfield, CA

Last Update on Aug 9 2025, 7:55 pm PDT

Weather by NOAA

Current Conditions: Fair

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Temp: 72°F

Wind: West at 7mph

Humidity: 64%

Dewpoint: 59.0°F

Your 5-Day Forecast at a Glance

On this day – 8.9.1989

One of the most severe convective outbreaks of record in Southern California began on 8/7 and continued until 8/11, when it climaxed. On this day a thunderstorm unloaded torrential rains on Yuma, AZ with 5.82 inches of rain in 24 hours, a new record for the state (remarkably the normally driest part of the state) and double the annual average. Up to 1000 homes were flooded with water to five feet deep. On this day a thunderstorm dropped 0.75 inch hail on Desert Hot Springs and over one inch in Idyllwild. More than a half inch fell on Palm Springs on 8/10.

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