LOS ANGELES (AP) — It’s October and it’s roasting in some parts of California.

While people in some other parts of the U.S. are watching the leaves turn red and orange, parts of California are experiencing triple-digit heat.

Stuart Seto of the National Weather Service says, “We’re looking at temperatures in the mountains and the valleys between 100 to 106.” High temperatures in Southern California ranged from the low 100s to the 90s Thursday. And forecasters say that’s just a warm-up to what’s expected today and Saturday.

They’re blaming the Santa Ana Winds, which start out icy cold in the Great Basin region of Utah and Nevada, but heat up by the time they race across deserts and down mountain canyons into Southern California.

And it may be hotter than Death Valley today.

Friday’s forecast for Death Valley, California, is 102 degrees. For the Woodland Hills section of Los Angeles, it’s 106 degrees.

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