It's shaping up to be a fairly active day across SoCal with an easterly wave sitting over the Colorado River, elevated cape/instability values, and clear skies this morning, with the Storm Prediction Center placing inland areas, i.e., mountains and deserts, under a marginal risk for severe weather today. Expect mostly cloudy skies this afternoon with scattered showers and thunderstorms. A few storms could be locally strong to severe, capable of producing heavy rainfall, gusty winds, frequent lightning, and hail. Always head indoors when thunder roars. Highs will top out in the upper 70s today with fairly humid conditions. We'll hang on to a slight chance for a few showers & storms overnight tonight as lows cool to the 40s and 50s. Unfortunately, the increased cloud cover may somewhat impede viewing of the Perseids meteor shower tonight, but clearer skies are anticipated tomorrow night for its peak! Low pressure approaching the West Coast will put us in more of a southerly flow on Wednesday, confining thunderstorm chances again to the mountains and deserts, before a drier southwest flow takes hold through the end of the week. This will bring temperatures down, with highs in the mid-70s through the weekend and lows in the 40s. We'll take a break from the monsoon flow through the weekend as well, but moisture may increase once again towards the middle of next week.

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