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A First Alert Weather Alert Day continues through Sunday afternoon for gusty Santa Ana winds. Gusty offshore winds remain through Sunday afternoon with breezy winds continuing through Monday morning. The National Weather Service has issued a High Wind Warning through 3:00 p.m. Sunday. The area includes Riverside County mountains and the San Gorgonio Pass. A
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Extreme winds through Southern California overnight and this morning have contributed to blowing sand and dust this morning. Air Quality was significantly impacted: in the “Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups” range for West Valley locations early this morning. By the afternoon, the AQI had improved markedly. As winds slowly subside, the air quality will improve this
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Sunny and pleasant to start the day, but things begin to change tonight. A quick moving system will bring gusty winds overnight and into tomorrow. A High Wind Warning goes into effect at 10 p.m., lasting until Noon tomorrow for areas West of the Coachella Valley. And a Wind Advisory covers areas to our North
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Sunshine and highs well above normal are features of today’s forecast, as high again soar into the 80s. A weak trough up North will drop into the Great Basin tomorrow afternoon, giving us some gusty conditions but making it quite windy in areas around the San Gorgonio Pass, in Northern California and parts of Nevada.
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Skies are clear, winds are fairly light despite a Wind Advisory to our West that will expire at 2pm. Click the image below to see the full parameters of that Advisory. So we’ll see some gusty conditions along the perimeter of the Valley adjacent to the Advisory, but the bulk of the Valley will see
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A High Wind Warning has been issued for 10:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. Saturday for all areas in yellow. This includes the Coachella Valley, parts of the High Desert, as well as San Bernardino and Riverside County mountains. Wind gusts will strengthen between 50-60 mph. The strongest gusts around the valley look to occur between
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Highs today are again on the way towards the 80 degree mark, following yesterday’s high of 81. High pressure is in control today, but by late tonight, a storm drops in from Northern California. That will enhance winds, bring partly cloudy skies, and drop temps into the lower seventies for the weekend. That storm will
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Clouds began moving in overnight as a storm system spins off the West Coast. As the front approaches, winds will be enhanced in areas to our Northwest (and we’ll see breezier conditions) but the Wind Advisory in place doesn’t impact the Valley. Clouds overnight helped keep temps a little milder this morning, elevating morning lows
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Once again our highs hitting 80 for a second time this week! A weak trough up North will create gusty conditions across the Mojave so a Wind Advisory will be in effect to the North of the Valley until 7pm this evening. A few clouds dotted the skies last night and this morning, making for
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Cloudy skies still blanketed the Coachella Valley this morning, keeping morning temperatures very mild to start the day. The clouds made for some beautiful sunset and sunrise pictures, like these from Carey Shows (check out that double rainbow!) and Mary Chavez. A front moves through tonight, enhancing winds up to our North, a Wind Advisory
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We awoke to light rain in the Valley, but it has since moved through, leaving some rainbows in it’s place. The next round of showers is pushing in for the afternoon along with very chilly conditions. Rainfall totals were modest here, but more significant elsewhere, for full rain totals around the region, click here. We
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Heavy rain, snow and heavy runoff are all part of the scenario heading into the overnight hours tonight as a storm approaches. The threat of heavy rains in the mountain areas scarred by recent wildfires creates an increased risk of mudslides and flooding hazards. A mandatory evacuation order has been issued for residents of neighborhoods
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This morning’s lows were not quite as chilly as yesterday’s but certainly cold enough! The views remain spectacular from the Valley floor, as indicated by this shot sent to us from Rob Churchwell. You can send us your photos and more simply use share@kesq.com! A storm system (third in a row) arrives late tomorrow here
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A Frost Advisory expired at 9 AM, but chilly conditions linger behind the storm of yesterday. Morning lows were deep in to the thirties this morning, with East Valley lows hovering near freezing! The system dropped significant rain across the Valley, bringing our rainfall since January 1 to 0.42″, a half-inch below normal. The cold
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Rain showers started early this morning and will continue sporadically through the early afternoon. So far, West Valley locations have received about a quarter inch of rain. The bulk of the rainfall has moved through but the airmass over Southern California remains very unstable, so there are still shower possibilities through the day. Even a
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Today we start off with sunny skies that will give way to clouds by this evening as a storm approaches. The low pressure center brings rain and snow, along with sharply cooler temps into play through most of next week. Because of that, Winter Weather Advisories as well as Wind Advisories are posted for the
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Another round of showers is making it’s way toward the Valley, so East Valley residents are likely to see a little bit more precipitation before the day is over. A Flash Flood Watch remains in effect until midnight. That watch covers the entire Coachella Valley, and much of San Diego and Imperial counties as well.
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High Wind Warnings are up, stretching from Desert Hot Springs through the pass along the I-10 corridor all the way to the Coast as an area of low pressure develop over coastal Southern California. The low will also bring rain and snow to the mountains, with a Winter Weather Advisory posted above 5,500 feet. There
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As the Bonita burns near Mountain Center (updates on the air and here on KESQ.com) winds are gusting and highs are reaching record peaks. Dew points remain bone dry, so the Red Flag Warning remains in effect until 4 PM today. Above average temperatures dominate the Western US, and will last through the weekend. Palm
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Despite cloudy skies today the atmosphere is very dry, with wind advisories and a Red Flag Warning for much of SoCal. The Desert is adjacent to but not included in either of those. Only breezy conditions expected here on the Valley floor despite the relative proximity of the Wind Advisory in the high desert. We
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