Brace yourself Southern California, Wednesday is expected to be the hottest day of an already record-breaking early autumn heat wave.
Dangerously hot temperatures will be common across most of the region’s valley, mountain, and inland areas, according to the National Weather Service.
“Expect to see several daily record highs and at least one all-time monthly record set,” the Weather Service stated in its morning forecast.
Five areas reported record high temperatures on Tuesday including Woodland Hills (113), Palmdale (104), Lancaster (103), Paso Robles (107) and Sandberg (95).
Heat warnings and advisories remain in place until 8 p.m. Thursday across much of Southern California for temperatures expected to reach in excess of 100 degrees.
Inland Empire areas including Riverside, Rancho Cucamonga and Corona could see afternoon highs near 108 degrees.
The increased heat also brings a higher risk of fire danger, which has prompted the Weather Service to issue a red flag warning.
A flare-up in the Line Fire that burned hundreds of acres and forced more evacuations in the San Bernardino Mountains sparked during a warm afternoon over the weekend.
The Line Fire has burned over 44,000 acres since it was believed to have been intentionally set last month.
Forecasters are calling for a slight cooling trend on Thursday and Friday but conditions will warm up again heading into the weekend.