NEXT WEATHER FORECAST. WE ARE FORECASTING THE HOTTEST WEEK OF THE YEAR FOR THE METRO AREA INCLUDING LOS ANGELES. FIVE STRAIGHT DAYS IN THE 90s. PERHAPS HE HOTTEST AFTERNOON OF THE YEAR. L.A. HITS 90. 5 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE. NINETY-SEVEN, 98 LATER ON THIS WEEK. ONTARIO 5 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE. LANCASTER 4 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE. THE TEMPERATURE CLIMBED CONTINUES. BEGINNING A LITTLE BIT ON FRIDAY , A LITTLE BIT ON SATURDAY WE WILL DO THAT TODAY. WE WILL NOT STOP UNTIL THURSDAY OR FRIDAY. THE TWO HOTTEST DAYS OF THE WEEK HE HAD POTENTIAL IS THERE FOR THE HOTTEST DAYS OF 2024. WITH ALL THAT SAID, IT IS NOT SUNNY EVERYWHERE RIGHT NOW. METRO ORANGE COUNTY CLOUDY AGAIN 70 DEGREES CURRENTLY AT SANTA ANA. ALSO CLOUDY IN FULLERTON. DOWNTOWN 66 DEGREES. SAN BERNARDINO INTO MACULA. AS WE ROLLED THROUGH THE MORNING IN AND AROUND DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES MAKING IT TO THE MID- 80 s. CLOUDS BETWEEN DOWNTOWN AND THE BEACH. THAT STRONG SUMMER BRIDGE HAS BEEN SOMEWHERE MOST TO US FOR THE PAST TWO OR THREE MONTHS. IT TOOK OFF ALL THE WAY TO TEXAS LAST WEEK. IT IS ON ITS WAY BACK. IT WILL PARK ITSELF OVER OR JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE LOS ANGELES AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THAT IS KEY BECAUSE IT CUTS OFF THE INFLUENCE FROM THE OCEAN. OUR AFTERNOON HIGHS WILL BE NOWHERE CLOSE TO THAT BECAUSE WE ARE NOT GETTING A FLOW OF AIR FROM THE CHILLY WATER. MOSTLY CHILLY SKIES THIS MORNING ALONG THE BEACH. WE WILL SEE SUNSHINE COMING UP. THE WIND COMING FROM THE NORTH, NORTHEAST. IN LENT, FORGET ABOUT CLOUD COVER FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. NOW YOU ARE GETTING INTO THE LOW ONE HUNDREDS IN RIVERSIDE AND 9. METRO AREA OF ORANGE COUNTY, UP TO 97 BY THURSDAY. WE CONTINUE TO GET HOTTER EACH DAY. HITTING OUR PEAK ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. L.A. MAY HIT 100 DEGREES. FORGET ABOUT HITTING 100. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 1101ST SAN FERNANDO VALLEY. THREE STRAIGHT DAYS. 108 OR HOTTER. INLAND EMPIRE, YOU WILL PEAK