First Alert Weather Alert this week for dangerous heatwave
A ridge of high pressure continues to build into the region and will peak through the middle of the week. This will bring excessive heat to much of…
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Tracking a heatwave that joins this weekend
Warmer than yesterday, afternoon temperatures remained just below the seasonal average for the date (102°). Clouds have gradually cleared from our…
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Mild with partly cloudy skies today
Clouds are lingering across the region today, streaming in from the southwest and helping to keep temps below seasonal averages. Those clouds will…
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Mild for now; Heat joins this weekend
A Tuesday with blue skies and high temperatures in the 90s for the second day in a row. Palm Springs peaked at 97° this afternoon, 5° below average…
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Another cooler-than-normal day ahead
Gusty conditions overnight lead to the closure of Gene Autry at Via Escuela again this morning, but the previously posted Wind Advisory has ended. It…
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Gusty west winds provide relief from triple-digit heat
A Wind Advisory is in effect for the San Gorgonio Pass, stretching into the northern Coachella Valley, until 6:00 a.m. Tuesday. Gusts to 50-60 MPH…
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Winds and cooler temps in the forecast
A Wind Advisory will remain in effect until 6 a.m. tomorrow as gusty winds will again blow through the Northern Coachella Valley. Winds have reached…
Continue Reading Feeling cooler temperatures over the next several days
Palm Springs reached a high temperature of 108° on Saturday. The average this time of year is 101°. A trough of low pressure will filter in some…
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Cooling down through the weekend
It was another above average day. Palm Springs recorded a high temperature of 108°. That’s 1° cooler than yesterday. The heat continues this…
Continue Reading Excessive Heat Warning expires, temperatures slowly cool
The excessive heat continued Friday with Palm Springs recorded a high temperature of 109°. The ridge of high pressure that was keeping temperatures…
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First Alert Weather Alert Day for excessive heat through this evening
A First Alert Weather Alert continues with temperatures reaching above 105° again Friday. A ridge of high pressure is in place over the west coast…
Continue Reading Warming temperatures into June
A warm and mostly sunny Memorial Day in the desert. Palm Springs matched the seasonal average (99°) this afternoon and temperatures have been slow…
Continue Reading A warmer than normal Memorial Day with additional warming through the week
Palm Springs reached a high temperature of 102° Sunday. For Memorial Day, temperatures will remain above the average of 99°. A ridge of high…
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The warming continues through Memorial Day and the middle of the week
Palm Springs Saturday hit a high temperature right at the average mark of 99°. Due to a trough of low pressure, gusty northwesterly winds will be…
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Near average for the weekend with more warming by midweek
Palm Springs Friday reached a high of 101°. Temperatures will continue to track in the triple digits through the weekend and next week. This is…
Continue Reading Seasonably warm temperatures for holiday weekend
Seasonably warm temperatures continue across the Southland. Palm Springs has reached the century mark for the 4th consecutive day, making it the…
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Warm afternoons and breezy evenings into the weekend
Clear skies, sunny afternoons and breezy evenings are hallmarks of the weekend to come as we approach Memorial Day. Highs have been consistently in…
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Breezy again this evening
Yesterday winds reached 28mph gusts in Palm Springs, 33mph gusts in Thousand Palms, with blowing sand prompting the closure of Gene Autry (now…
Continue Reading Temperatures remain slightly above normal
Temperatures continue to climb just above the “norm” each afternoon but remain far below record territory. For late May, it’s hard to complain. An…
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Overnight cloud cover moves out
Sunny skies greeted us this morning, despite some clouds overnight that ruined our view of the total lunar eclipse early this morning. We’ll continue…
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