Weather in northwest Orange County for Thursday, September 8, 2022

Weather in northwest Orange County for Thursday, September 8, 2022:

Today:

Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 96. Light and variable wind becoming west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Tonight:

Partly cloudy, with a low around 78. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Highs and lows are forecast to remain hot until the end of the week, dropping sharply on Saturday with a chance of thunderstorms over the weekend. Highs are expected to stay in the low 80s for much of next week.

Courtesy of HistoryNet:

• 1565 Spanish explorers found St. Augustine, Florida, the first permanent European settlement in what is now the United States.
• 1628 John Endecott arrives with colonists at Salem, Massachusetts, where he will become the governor.
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