High pressure aloft will expand over the Southwest early this week, bringing hotter days. Increasing moisture from the southeast will mean more high cloudiness and an increasing chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly in the afternoons and early evenings over the mountains and deserts. The chance of strong thunderstorms looks to be greatest on Wednesday, and possibly again on Thursday afternoon. Dry weather will likely return by next weekend.

	Today: 100°F  66°F  Partly sunny and hot 0% chance of precipitation Predicted Air Quality: moderate, AQI: 57 (courtesy of the SCAQMD). Pollen level is rated "low".
	Monday night / Tuesday morning: 73°F  Partly cloudy 0% chance of precipitation
	Tuesday: 101°F  Partly sunny and hot. 20 percent chance of showers or thunderstorms 20% chance of precipitation
	Tuesday night / Wednesday morning: 71°F  Partly cloudy. 20 percent chance of showers or thunderstorms in the evening 20% chance of precipitation
	Wednesday: 101°F  Partly sunny and hot. 20 percent chance of showers or thunderstorms in the afternoon 20% chance of precipitation
	Wednesday night / Thursday morning: 70°F  Partly cloudy. 20 percent chance of showers or thunderstorms in the evening 20% chance of precipitation
	Thursday: 101°F  Partly cloudy and hot 15% chance of precipitation
	Thursday night / Friday morning: 67°F  Partly cloudy, becoming mostly clear 15% chance of precipitation
	Friday: 103°F  Mostly sunny and hot 0% chance of precipitation
	Friday night / Saturday morning: 66°F  Mostly clear 0% chance of precipitation
	Saturday: 104°F  Sunny and hot 0% chance of precipitation
	Saturday night / Sunday morning: 67°F  Clear 0% chance of precipitation
	Sunday: 105°F  Sunny and hot 0% chance of precipitation