Your SoCal weather report for Wednesday, July 24: Hitting the peak of the heatwave

We've entered the warmest days of the heatwave and that means afternoon highs will be a few degrees warmer today and Thursday.

Monsoonal moisture continues to bring a low but current threat — about 15% to 25% — over deserts and mountains of afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Come tomorrow, we can expect drier conditions.

Shifting to the coasts where it will be the coolest — expect afternoon highs in the mid 70s for the beaches, up to 90 degrees for inland coast, and 91 degrees in Paramount. Coastal areas will see dense fog through 9 a.m.

Heat advisories for the Santa Clarita, San Fernando and San Gabriel valleys, the Santa Monica Mountains and the Inland Empire valleys and mountains end at 10 p.m. Thursday. Expect temperatures to reach up to 106 degrees for the Inland Empire, up to 103 degrees for the other valleys and mountains at lower elevations.

Over in the deserts, expect a high of 109 degrees for the high desert and up to 115 degrees for Coachella Valley.

Forecasters say expect a cool down come Friday.

Overnight lows will be a bit warmer in the interior areas with highs in the low 70s and 80s for the deserts. Read why that's a health risk.

This day in history

On this day in 1969, astronauts from Apollo II landed safely in the Pacific Ocean.

Things to do

Celebrate Amelia Earhart today!

• Amelia Earhart Birthday Celebration with Explorer Lloyd Romeo: If Amelia Earhart were still alive, she’d be turning 127 this year – and yet the mystery surrounding her disappearance still fascinates us as much now as it did in 1937, the year her plane lost contact in an attempt to circumnavigate the globe. Celebrate the trailblazer’s life (there will even be cake!) and hear about the latest attempts to find her plane on the ocean floor from the Deep Sea Vision team.

Check out our full list of things to do this week.