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Patrick Evans

Patrick Evans is News Channel 3’s Chief Meteorologist, and Host of Eye on the Desert. Patrick also hosts a midday radio program on Sunny 106.5 FM. Learn more about Patrick here.

Weather Alert Weekend: Tracking Rain and Wind in the Coachella Valley

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THOUSAND PALMS, Calif. (KESQ) — UPDATE: Heavy rain douses the Valley overnight and this morning as Rachel moves past us. Post-Tropical Cyclone Rachel was moving North at 25mph with sustained winds around 40mph. As we move into the afternoon, the tropical moisture will taper off significantly. We’ve already seen well over an inch of rain

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Heating up this week

By midweek, highs will be ten degrees above our seasonal norm (95) this week! An Extreme Heat Warning remains in effect for areas of the Inland Empire and Coastal Communities through Thursday evening. And Extreme Heat Watch has been posted for areas of Imperial County to our South through Thursday as well. Building high pressure,

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Triple digits continue into the weekend

Highs will run a bit above average into early next week. Today, expect a high of 100, and similar numbers through Sunday. High pressure across the Western states will keep conditions stable and warm through early next week with little variance expected. Dew points remain fairly low, so despite the warmer-than-normal conditions it still feels

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Tropical moisture moves out

As Hurricane Polo came ashore in Baja, California parts of the Coachella got hit by a tropical thunderstorm, specifically over Indio Hills. Runoff from that storm has closed a portion of Dylan road, but the storm moved out quickly after putting on a spectacular lightning show. Polo will track inland across Northern Mexico and then

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Slightly warmer into the weekend

Temps hit 103 yesterday, and we’ll be similar this afternoon, some 4 degrees above normal Dew points are presently nicely in check, but could increase into the weekend because of a powerful hurricane, Polo, to our South. Hurricane Polo is tracking to Northwest very slowly, but it is an intense category 5 storm, packing winds

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Breezy and cooler than normal

Temps came in well below normal yesterday at 98, and we’ll see similar temps later this afternoon. An area of low pressure is moving across NorCal providing the cooler temps and some breezy conditions today as well. That area of low pressure will stay in place through the weekend, and that means cooler than normal

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Comfortable through the week

Temps are down and dew points are lower, making for a picture perfect mid-September forecast! After topping out at 105 yesterday, highs will be lower today, coming in near the century mark. Dew points remain nicely in check, and should be below the magi 50 degree mark, which means you can use your evaporative coolers

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