Another beautiful day...

(Late morning Cumulus clouds, Saturday, September 1st, 2007)

Another hot and stormy day on tap for Sunday.

Scattered thunderstorms are likely to develop over the mountains/deserts by late morning and become widespread during the afternoon and early evening hours.

The greatest areal coverage will be over the Inland Empire and San Diego county's mountain/deserts.

Like the past couple of days... there's a chance some of the thunderstorms make it westward in the valleys of the IE and San Diego county.

The primary threats from the storms will continue to be heavy rains/possible flash flooding... hail... strong/gusty winds and frequent cloud-to-ground lightning strikes.

As for the heat...
Most coastal/valley locations will see the temperatures rise a couple of degrees from what they were on Saturday.

It will remain muggy too. Dewpoints in the upper 50s to the middle 60s for the most part.

Resulting in heat indices ranging from 106 to 118 in some valley locations Sunday afternoon/early evening.

Like Saturday...
If you plan on cooling off at the beaches... there continues to be a high risk of rip currents along the coastal waters of Ventura... L.A.... Orange and San Diego counties.

Looking ahead...
Keeping our eyes on Tropical storm Henriette!
Depending on the exact track and weather patterns over the southwest U.S..

Henriette may spread moisture into southern California late in the week and over next weekend... resulting in an increase in showers/tstorms over the region.

Stay tuned!!!

# posted by SoCal WXMan @ 4:20 AM