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Light to moderate showers are possible through the day and into the evening as a weak storm system slides through SoCal today. A Winter Weather Advisory will be in effect through 11pm tomorrow for our local mountains above 4,500 feet with a few inches of additional snow possible at the highest elevations. Rainfall on the
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An average high for today’s date is 79° in Palm Springs; instead, 70° is what was recorded this afternoon. The reason for it? A cold front moved across Southern California yesterday. More winter weather on the way for local mountains. A Winter Weather Advisory in effect for San Bernardino and Riverside county mountains beginning at
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There were a few light sprinkles overnight, but skies are clearing, and the snowfall totals in the mountains increased as a cool front moved through. Arrowhead and Big Bear picked up about 5″ of snow, the largest rainfall total in the Valley was Indio, at 0.02″! Another weak storm moves in tomorrow, bringing a similar
Continue Reading Most of the rainfall will remain west of the Coachella Valley but spotty showers overnight are expected with minimal accumulation. Up to 0.10″ is possible. A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect until 6:00 a.m. Friday for elevations above 5,000′. Temperatures will be notably cooler tomorrow with highs in the 60s, compared to today’s high
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Today sunny and mild, but by tonight a chance of showers here (very light with modest totals below 0.10″) and some heavy snow in the mountains! A Winter Storm Warning will go up for San Bernardino County above 5,000′ and for Riverside County, a Winter Weather Advisory. Snowfall could reach over a foot in the
Continue Reading An area of low pressure continues to keep temperatures below normal. Yesterday in Palm Springs, the high temperature reached 73°. A perfectly comfortable day in the desert. Much of the same is expected today with temperatures remaining in the lower 70’s. The normal this time of year is in the upper 70’s, near 79°. If
Continue Reading Conditions will stay dry and below normal for the Coachella Valley this weekend, but changes are on the way. This area of low pressure to the north is sweeping in cooler air. It is also keeping showers in the forecast for our mountains and areas west. If you are traveling out of the desert, keep
Continue Reading Thursday’s rain was record-breaking and it made a big difference in bringing us closer to “average” for year-to-date rainfall totals. For reference, the average rainfall for the entire year in Palm Springs is 5.74″. The storm system that brought the wet weather to our desert has departed to the east. We’ll deal with partly cloudy
Continue Reading Yesterday, multiple Valley cities posted record rainfall totals as strong storms with frequent lightning and heavy downpours assaulted the region. Today, a slight chance of showers remains in the forecast until this afternoon, as residual “wrap-around” precip moves out of the region. Highs will be cooler than normal all weekend, but today we may just
Continue Reading A Flash Flood Watch (area in green) remains in effect for the mountains and High Desert into Friday morning. PSA: TURN AROUND; DON’T DROWNIt only takes 6 inches of water to sweep a person away and 12 inches will do the same to a car. Rain totals were quick to rise as thunderstorms made their
Continue Reading A Flash Flood Warning has been issued for the Coachella Valley, including Indio, Palm Springs, Coachella, southeastern Anza, Cathedral City, Palm Desert, southeastern Desert Hot Springs, Rancho Mirage, Hwy 74 between Anza And Palm Desert and Thermal that will last until 4 p.m. due to heavy rain associated with thunderstorms rolling through the area. We
Continue Reading From January 1st to today’s date, 1.34″ of rain has been recorded at Palm Springs International Airport. That’s still 1.13″ below normal but it’s progress from the 0.06″ the city was at the beginning of the work week. Rain will return to Riverside county on Thursday with over a half of inch of rain expected.
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Significant rainfall over the last three days. Palm Springs has seen 1.28″. In fact, on March 10th we even broke a few records of rainfall. Palm Springs broke the record of 0.25″ from 1986 by getting 1.09″. San Jacinto received 0.97″, breaking the record of 0.25″ from 1986 as well. Thermal even broke a rainfall
Continue Reading Despite the small chance of a shower or storm today, the area of low pressure is pushing rain farther north, so expect a fair amount of sunshine and warmer conditions than yesterday. Speaking of yesterday, PSP and TRM set rainfall records (PSP: 1.09″ and TRM: 0.59″). Storm totals were significantly higher! The low pressure cell
Continue Reading Rain moved into the Coachella Valley Monday night and radar remains active across the region with moisture streaming in from the southwest. This rainfall was much needed here in the desert. Despite more than an inch of rain in Palm Springs, the city remains below normal for the this time of the year. While the
Continue Reading Showers moved in the Valley shortly after 10 p.m. and the totals overnight into this morning have been impressive. An area of low pressure will linger off the coast, and keep us in the fifties and sixties today. More rain is likely sporadically through the afternoon. Another unstable low will arrive behind this system, keeping
Continue Reading As of 11:00 p.m., rainfall accumulation was minimal with hundredths of an inch recorded but more is on the way! As an area of low pressure moves inland on Tuesday, widespread rain will fall across the region. Rainfall estimates continue to vary but parts of the desert could receive up to an inch of rain.
Continue Reading Satellite and radar is already showers shower development in the Los Angeles region as of 10 a.m. this morning. We will continue to track an area of low pressure moving in through tomorrow that will bring showers to the Coachella Valley. Showers will be most widespread for Tuesday morning and Tuesday evening. There are still
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Rainfall will develop overnight as an area of low pressure off the coast moves into Southern California. This means rain likely on and off for Tuesday. That low will linger over SoCal into Wednesday before moving on. Rainfall totals will be close to (or slightly over) 0.50″ for the period. The chance for showers will
Continue Reading Yesterday, temperatures reached right at the seasonal average in Palm Springs with a high of 77°. Today will be slightly cooler as a weak area of low pressure remains for the region. By Monday night, we will begin to see the effects of an atmospheric river event. Meaning, an area of concentrated moisture will bring
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