Heat warnings and heat advisories in effect for LA County NBC Los Angeles [Video]

High temperatures reaching 96 to 108 degrees were in the forecast for Southern California’s mountains and interior valleys during a week of heat warnings before gradual cooling into the weekend.

An excessive heat warning was issued through Thursday for parts of the Antelope Valley A heat advisory has also been issued for the Western San Gabriel Mountains/HIghway 14 Corridor for heat continuing from the weekend through Monday. 

“We’re in this stretch of above-normal temperatures,” said NBCLA forecaster Belen De Leon. “When you look back at the beginning of the month, Mother Nature couldn’t really make up her mind. But now it is summer and those temperatures, although they’re going to be lowering in the coming days, they’re still going to stay above normal.”

Highs were expected in the mid-80s in downtown Los Angeles and nearby areas Tuesday. The highs in the San Gabriel Valley are expected in the low 90s, …