Southern California residents had made it through the worst of this week's heat wave with slightly lower temperatures on tap for Thursday and Friday.

On Wednesday at 12:38 p.m. the NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA issued a heat advisory in effect until 5 p.m. The advisory is for Santa Clarita Valley, Southern Salinas Valley, Santa Ynez Valley, Santa Ynez Mountains Western Range,

The heat pushed well into the 90s in many areas Wednesdays, which forecasters said would be the peak of the small heat wave.