Heat, coupled with some Monsoon Moisture, is the weather story over the weekend and into next week. The Excessive Heat Warning goes into effect today at noon and covers a wide swath of the Desert Southwest. We tied record highs in both Palm Springs (116) and Thermal (117) yesterday and are likely to threaten records
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The ridge of high pressure will remain in place over the desert southwest, bringing above-normal and dangerous temperatures to the Coachella Valley. An average high for the date is 106° yet both Palm Springs climbed to 116° this afternoon, tying the record high from 2012. Thermal also tied its record high of 117°. The Excessive Heat
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Heat and humidity will both be issues in the forecast through the weekend. An Excessive Heat Warning will be in effect from Noon tomorrow until 9 p.m. Monday. Monsoonal moisture wrapping around an area of high pressure will continue to flow into the Desert Southwest through much of the weekend, increasing dew points and relative
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The ridge of high pressure continues to build to the west, providing more warmth for the desert southwest. An average high for the date is 107° and Palm Springs recorded a high of 113° this afternoon. Temperatures will only continue to rise through the remainder of the week. Additionally, more humidity is expected as moisture
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The Excessive Heat Watch has expanded to include the Coachella Valley (and will become a Warning as we move into Friday). Areas to our East and South are already under that warning. Hurricane Elida (soon to drop to tropical storm strength) will conspire to bring a touch of monsoonal humidity to the region tomorrow and
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We’ve been feeling the heat and that’s all we will be feeling throughout this week. Temperatures will continue to climb through the work week then take off in the upward direction by the weekend. An increase in cloud cover and humidity can be expected late Wednesday and Thursday as tropical moisture from the south is
Continue Reading A building ridge of high pressure over the desert southwest will bring warm and dry conditions through the start of the work week. Temperatures will be similar to what was felt over the weekend and today, with even more warming forecast for the end of the week. Elida is a category 1 hurricane in the
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Highs will slowly warm up through the week. Expect temps to be about 10 degrees above normal by week’s end. Excessive Heat watches have already been posted to our East and South. A bit of good news, as of 7 a.m. the Apple Fire is 45% contained, and that means smoke form that fire will
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The slow warming trend continued today with Palm Springs reaching a high of 111°, that’s a degree above yesterday’s high temperature. Those low temperatures, though, staying below average. Dew points nearing 50° in some areas of the valley, like Palm Springs. A light breeze picks up out of the northwest this evening. The Smoke Advisory
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On Saturday, Palm Springs reached 110°. The average high temperature this time of year is 107°. Temperatures will not see much change through the next few days but we are tracking a warm-up by next weekend. A ridge of high pressure will expand over the Southwest by the middle of the week creating warmer temperatures
Continue Reading We started to feel the slow warming trend today. The high temperature in Palm Springs was 3° above what it was yesterday, and above seasonal. We’re feeling some relief in the overnight hours, with the low temperature staying below average. The South Coast Air Quality Management District has extended a Smoke Advisory for most of
Continue Reading Nice-for-August temperatures felt throughout this Friday. An average high for the date is 107° and we hit the mark exactly! The wind won’t be calm by any means but it won’t be quite as gusty as it was last night. Still breezy west winds will still continue to push smoke from the Apple Fire to
Continue Reading Thursday was the coolest day of the week with Palm Springs reaching a high temperature of 103°. The average for this time of year is 107°. Temperatures will see a slight warm up back near average for Friday as the trough of low pressure that was with us the last couple days weakens. Heading towards
Continue Reading Notice a difference today? We woke up to lows in the 70s and highs this afternoon are below normal! Average for the date is 107° but Palm Springs peaked at 103°. The cool down is brought to us by a trough of low pressure over the west coast. It’s also responsible for the gusty west
Continue Reading On Wednesday, temperatures hovered right near average. Palm Springs reached a high temperature of 108°. Thursday, temperatures will drop even more due to a trough of low pressure along the west coast. Temperatures are expected to be below average by 5°. The average high temperature in Palm Springs for this time of year is 107°
Continue Reading A high of 108° has been reached this afternoon, just one degree above average. A notable drop in temperatures from last Friday’s 122°. A trough of low pressure over California is responsible for the cooler air moving into the Southland. It’s also responsible for the gusty west winds that will be felt once again. The
Continue Reading Tuesday, Palm Springs reached 112°. The average this time of year is 107°. Through Thursday, there will be a slow cooling trend, bringing temperatures below average. The reason is because of a trough of low pressure dipping along the west coast. This trough will be filtering in cooler air with onshore winds. These winds will
Continue Reading The ridge of high pressure that brought big heat this past weekend is weakening and our temperatures are responding. Palm Springs recorded a high temperature of 112° this afternoon, one degree cooler than yesterday. Despite temperatures beginning to cool, gusty northwest winds will continue each evening. Gusts look to average 30-40 MPH this evening along
Continue Reading Palm Springs on Monday reached a high temperature of 113°. This is just one degree below what we hit on Sunday and still above the average of 107°. Temperatures this afternoon will remain above average by a few degrees. Then, a trough of low pressure will begin to move down along the west coast and
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Palm Springs recorded a high temperature of 113° this afternoon — one degree cooler than yesterday. The ridge of high pressure that’s been bringing the heat since last week is beginning to weaken and will continue to do so as a trough of low pressure arrives from the northwest. As the trough moves in, temperatures
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