A fire weather watch and red flag warnings have been issued for later this week across portions of Southern California. The National Weather Service has issued red flag warnings across large sections of Ventura and Los Angeles Counties, while a fire weather watch is also in place.

Temperatures are set to rise across Southern California this week, with the Inland Empire facing triple-digit highs

“This is a more impactful, more significant heat wave than really what we’ve seen for the majority of the summer. We’ve had kind of more of a cooler pattern, a lot of marine layer clouds. And so this might catch some people by surprise … but [it] definitely looks pretty warm,” said Lisa Phillips, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.