The Excessive Heat Warning remains in place for the Coachella Valley today. Yesterday broke the high temperature record for July 25th, with a high of 120°F! While today is drier than yesterday, there is still some lingering moisture, so it may feel sticky at times throughout the morning and early afternoon. The weather pattern shows
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The Excessive Heat Warning remains in place through 8 PM Friday. It’s important to always practice heat safety and to stay hydrated. Be prepared for afternoon highs upwards of 117°F. As mentioned above, we are staying hot here in the Coachella Valley with the Excessive Heat Warning. We are also staying on the humid side
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There’s no easy way to put it… the planet is warming. Since the 1970s, more than 85% of the United States now experiences more extremely hot summer days. While what constitutes an extremely hot day is relative to where you are, we are seeing more and more of them. Some places, like Miami, FL now
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It is staying brutally hot in the Coachella Valley today. As of 3:45, temperatures are mostly above 110°F. You’ll notice some cooler temperatures in the east valley. This is due to the elevated humidity levels the farther south you move. The Excessive Heat Warning has been extended by the weather service. It is now set
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An Excessive Heat Warning remains in effect for the Coachella Valley this weekend. While today will be the hottest day of the weekend, Sunday will still be hot as well. Expect highs around 115°F. Remember to always practice heat safety! It is staying dry outside today. Tomorrow will be on the drier side as well,
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As we look ahead to the weekend there are a few things that I am tracking. You may have noticed a few fewer clouds along the mountains today. That is indicative of the drier conditions today, a trend that will continue through the weekend. We are also under yet another Excessive Heat Warning. Monsoonal moisture
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There are a few main ingredients needed for thunderstorms to form. These ingredients are moisture, atmospheric instability, and lift. Moisture is often present in the deserts in the summer months thanks to the monsoon. Instability comes from a mix of the warm and moist air at the surface. Since warm air and moist air are
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Hail is a form of frozen precipitation that falls from thunderstorms as clumps of ice. At the core of every thunderstorm is an updraft, or an area of rising warm, moist air. When this warm moist air reaches the colder levels of the atmosphere, the water vapor will condense and form clouds and rain. However,
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Moisture will be sticking with us through tonight and into the beginning of the work week. Some gradual drying will take place with each day through much of the work week. Monday will have many of the same conditions as Sunday, so there is another chance for some more cumulus clouds and thunderstorms. Well over
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The National Weather Service has extended the Excessive Heat Warning for the Coachella Valley through 9 PM tomorrow (Sunday). While moisture has held back high temperatures, the extra humidity can make it harder for our bodies to cool off. The Weather Service has upgraded the Fire Weather Watch to a Red Flag Warning for areas
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The Excessive Heat Warning has been extended by the National Weather Service through 9 PM tomorrow as temperatures could climb as high as 113°F. Even once the heat warning ends, it’s important to always practice heat safety in the summertime. High temperatures today were held back a bit thanks to the elevated moisture content. As
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2024 has been a very active year for tornadoes here in the US. Preliminary data suggests up to 1,250 confirmed tornadoes touched down over the US between January and June. This data is preliminary as the National Weather Service is still going through the process of confirming each of the individual possible tornadoes, a process
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Excessive Heat Warnings are a dime a dozen here in the Coachella Valley in the summer months. However, given that the climate varies widely from place to place, it’s up to the local National Weather Service offices to determine if an Excessive Heat Warning should be issued. They use HeatRisk to help make that call.
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June 2024 was certainly a hot one! High temperatures ranged from 96° to 116°. Only 3 days had highs below average and only a single day had a temperature equal to the average. No records were broken this month, but we still had plenty of heat to go around. 26 days saw temperatures above average
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The Excessive Heat Warming continues to dominate the weather story here in the Coachella Valley. Temperatures still have the potential to reach 120°F through Friday evening. A Heat Advisory is in place for our friends in the mountains just to our west. As high pressure continues to lock onto the western US, we will continue
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The National Weather Service has extended the Excessive Heat Warning through 9 PM Thursday. As a result of the elevated moisture, they have lowered the high temperature range to have highs up to 119°F. Daily highs are heavily dependent on how much moisture lingers in the valley throughout the day. Dew points were holding strong
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Compared to yesterday, we held on to more moisture and for longer. As a result, our high temperatures have been kept at bay. However, the excess moisture will also keep our temperatures elevated through the overnight hours. The Excessive Heat Warning remains in place through 9 PM Wednesday as highs continue to climb into the
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CFCs and HCFCs are a class of industrial chemicals used in many different processes. They’re especially good as coolants in things like refrigerators and air conditioners. While they have great uses for industrial purposes, when they get into the atmosphere, they can wreak havoc on the Ozone Layer and are an extremely potent greenhouse gas.
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July is the hottest month of the year here in the Coachella Valley. 93% of the more than 240 cities analyzed by Climate Central are now experiencing July temperatures much warmer than compared to the 1970s, by an average of 2.4°F. Here in the desert, we’ve seen a roughly 3° increase in July temperatures. When
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A First Alert Weather Alert has been issued by the First Alert Weather team as potentially record-breaking temperatures impact the Coachella Valley on Friday and Saturday. High temperatures today are so far slightly cooler than initially expected, however, that is because more moisture moved in than expected. Since water can hold onto heat more, high
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