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The Smoke Advisory for the Valley has been extended as smoke continues to filter in to our skies. Because of the smoke, our Air Quality is quite poor today, in the “Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups” range, and getting worse. Elsewhere, Tropical Storm Sally is threatening the Gulf Coast, specifically the City of New Orleans, and
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The Smoke Advisory has been extended as Northwesterly winds push smoke and haze into the Valley from the El Dorado Fire. The smoke will likely be worse in the evening hours when winds increase. The result of the smoke of course means lower air quality. Low pressure is moving East, and high pressure is building
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A Smoke Advisory remains in effect, but winds have shifted and skies are a great deal clearer than yesterday, though air quality is in the moderate range. Offshore “Santa Ana” winds developed overnight, but are relatively mild. The winds have prompted both Wind Advisories and Red Flag Warnings for the region. Dew points are sharply
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A mixed bag of weather to report, with a Smoke Advisory in place again today, and lower Air Quality as well. Surrounding the Valley, Red Flag Warnings are in effect for much of the region, as moderate Santa Ana winds develop. Those winds will dry out dew points and increase fire danger. Those winds will
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The Excessive Heat Warning remains in effect until 8PM, and a Red Flag Warning covers much of SoCal as well. Labor Day Weekend has delivered lots of record highs so far, and that will likely continue today: Offshore winds will develop for the Inland Empire and Coastal areas, but we’ll see some relief from the
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An Excessive Heat Warning, which we’ve discussing all week, comes to fruition today at 10 a.m. and continues until Monday evening at 8. Highs will threaten existing records throughout the weekend. The culprit: High pressure over the Great Basin, generating record heat for much of the Desert Southwest through Tuesday before breaking down and moving
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An extremely hot weekend awaits us, and it may rival the hottest temps we’ve ever seen in September! An Excessive Heat Warning goes into effect tomorrow, lasting through Monday evening at 8. Highs will be close to 118 both Saturday and Sunday. High pressure dominates the scenario through Monday, keeping the heat on. Late Monday
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An Excessive Heat Watch (to become a Warning) will cover most of California, a lot of Nevada and Arizona as we hit the Labor Day Weekend. Drink plenty of water, avoid the heat of the day, and never leave a person or pet in a vehicle! A broad and expansive ridge of high pressure takes
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The Excessive Heat Warning has been extended through this evening at 8 as highs once again head towards 115 degrees. Strong high pressure remains over the Desert Southwest, but will slowly retreat this weekend, resulting in cooler weather by Sunday and next week. Fairly dry air remains in place, but we will see dew points
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We broke records again yesterday as highs soared to 118 at PSP and 117 at TRM! We remain under an Excessive Heat Warning until 8 this evening. The orange Heat Advisory is in effect until tomorrow. On the Gulf Coast, Hurricane Laura rushed ashore as a Category 4 storm, bringing destruction in the form of
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An Excessive Heat Watch (to become a warning tomorrow) is now in place for the Coachella Valley as highs are expected to remain nearly 10 degrees above normal through Thursday. The heat will continue to be the biggest issue in the forecast through midweek before we cool off into the weekend. Dew points and humidity
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Dew points are still running in the 60s but we expect a gradual drying trend over the rest of the week. This should make things feel a bit better despite highs that still above average. While the Coachella Valley is not included, an Excessive Heat Watch is up for parts of the Desert Southwest through
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We remain under the Excessive Heat Warning until 10 PM, with some “cooler” highs expected into the weekend. Dew points are still quite high, so it won’t feel much better out there as highs move toward 114 today. Dew points will range in the 60s and 70s, prohibitive of evap cooler use. Despite those higher
Continue ReadingYesterday severe storms ripped through areas of Riverside and San Bernardino counties, dropping heavy rain, hail and producing gusty winds with frequent lightning. Rainfall totals near Hemet beat 1.50″ and caused a Flash Flood Warning. Today, dew points are equally high (and will remain high through tomorrow) giving rise to the possibility of more storms
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The National Weather Service in San Diego has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for… San Bernardino County until 200 PM PDT. At 1253 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over AngelusOaks, or 7 miles northwest of Forest Falls, moving west at 5 mph. The storm packs 70 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.
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A Severe Thunderstorm Warning is in effect until 1pm for areas of Riverside County including: Moreno Valley, Hemet, East Hemet, San Jacinto, Winchester, Valle Vista as strong gusty winds and hail have been reported from a very active cell. The severe thunderstorm was located near Valle Vista, about 7 miles east of Hemet, moving northwest
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The humidity continues to stream into the region as monsoon moisture flows in from the Southeast. Dew points will remain elevated through Wednesday. That elevated humidity will increase the chance of mountain and high desert storms, and also give rise to thunderstorms in the Inland Empire this afternoon. We remain under an Excessive Heat Warning
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The Excessive Heat Warning was extended through Thursday at 10 pm as high pressure keeps us under the grip of extreme heat. High pressure is also helping to funnel in more humidity for the next few days, which trapping heat at the surface. Dew points are rising, which means a better chance of scattered storms
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Palm Springs tied the previous daytime high record this afternoon for a second day in a row, hitting 117 degrees this afternoon. That ties the record of 117, most recently hit in 2019 and 2015. The first year we reached 117 on this date was in 1927. And 117 is likely not the high for
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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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