TODAY AND TOMORROW:  SUNNY, HOT AND MUGGY … WITH A LITTLE SMOKE FOR SOME AREAS.   HIGH: MID 90S.  HEAT INDEX TO THE UPPER 90S.  WIND: SOUTH/SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20, GUSTING TO 30.

TONIGHT:  CLEAR AND BREEZY.  WIND: SOUTH 10 TO 25 MPH.  WARM AND MUGGY TOMORROW MORNING AGAIN.  LOW: LOW 70S.

TOMORROW NIGHT:  RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ARRIVE AND LINGER THROUGH FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME SEVERE WEATHER FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO LATE FRIDAY NIGHT.  HOWEVER, MANY AREAS COULD RECEIVE RAIN, BUT ALSO WIND AND SOME STRONG STORMS.   FRIDAY: HIGH: NEAR 80.  WIND: SOUTHWEST 10 TO 25 MPH

SATURDAY:  SHOWERS AND STORMS  END MID MORNING, THEN SUNNY TO PARTLY SUNNY, WINDY AND SHARPLY COOLER.   HIGHS: 66 TO 71.  WIND: NORTHWEST 10 TO 35 MPH.

SUNDAY THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK:  MOSTLY SHOWERS WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS.  PARTLY CLOUDY AND MILD.  HIGHS: 70S.  LOWS: 50S.