What winter? Southland is sizzling

As a storm brings snow to some parts of the U.S., SoCal is working up a sweat

- Noah Haggerty, Queenie Wong and Doug Smith

ADAM SUMMER, 38, enjoys a good read and time in the sun Saturday at Gloria Molina Grand Park in downtown L.A.

While a groundhog in Pennsylvania has predicted six more weeks of winter and cold-stunned iguanas fall from trees in Florida, Southern California is working up a sweat.

A midwinter heat wave has descended on much of the state and is expected to spike temperatures as much as 20 degrees above normal in the coming week.

The summer-like heat is thanks to a ridge of high pressure lingering high in the atmosphere that extends through the San Francisco Bay Area and into the Pacific Northwest. Meteorologists with the National Weather Service expect it to last through the week and potentially through Super Bowl Sunday.

SKATERS enjoy Venice Beach last month. Temperatures this week are expected to be way above normal.

After a cooler Monday for the L.A. area, another push of warm weather may bring near-record temperatures by Wednesday — potentially reaching 90 degrees across the inland coast and valley areas of L.A. and Ventura counties, according to the weather service.