Main Focus: Heat and humidity

High pressure continues to reside over the Desert Southwest and above-normal temperatures remain throughout the week's forecast. Palm Springs and Thermal both recorded a high of 110° this afternoon. Today was 3° cooler than yesterday because of the addition of monsoon moisture.

The humidity will linger through Friday with dew point temperatures staying in the 60s.

A Heat Advisory is now in effect for Riverside County mountains below 6,000' until 8:00 p.m. Monday. Highs here could reach 100°. An Excessive Heat Warning goes into place for the Coachella Valley and Joshua Tree National Park Saturday morning at 9:00 a.m. Depending on the amount of moisture in the atmosphere this weekend, temperatures could climb to 120°.

Some drying is expected, even with partly cloudy skies, on Saturday and temperatures will climb even higher as a result. Palm Springs' record high for Saturday's date is 119°. The First Alert Weather Team will be watching the numbers closely.

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