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Palm Springs tied the record high temperature of 116° on Friday and we are tracking more record breaking heat on the way through the holiday weekend. A strong ridge of high pressure is building over California and it is bringing record breaking temperatures across the state. This ridge is expected to stick around throughout 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 dew points and humidity values dropped considerably overnight, making today far more comfortable than yesterday. The next couple of days will remain close to seasonal norms, too. Yesterday the dew points were in the seventies! Today, much better. Through the afternoon, we’ll see dew points in the forties, so it will feel better and
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Monsoon moisture streaming up from the Southeast will push into SoCal today, enhancing the chance of pop-up storms later. Dew points will be in the fifties and sixties this afternoon, before a drying trend kicks in later this evening. Expect partly cloudy skies, and a small potential for storms until later this evening. We hold
Continue Reading It’s been a very hot year, with many above average days. Just this past week, we were dealing with record-breaking heat in the Coachella Valley. Today temperatures were much more seasonal. That trend will continue into the start of the week. Monsoonal moisture returns Monday, with afternoon thunderstorms possible in the mountains and high desert.
Continue Reading Palm Springs reached 110° Saturday. This is still cooler relative to the past week. We have now seen 61 days in a row of triple digit temperatures. This year, we have recorded 55 days of temperatures at 110° and above. A weak trough of low pressure along the California coast is keeping temperatures lower this
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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
Continue Reading Temperatures stay above average all week long. Palm Springs’ high temperature today was 7° above average. The heat is sticking around, but good news is, the humidity is on the decline. We’re still very muggy, but we’ll be feeling drier by mid-week. High pressure has been keeping us hot and also the reason for the
Continue Reading Palm Springs on Saturday reached a high temperature of 108°. That is just two degrees above the average of 106°. The humidity though made it feel much warmer. A ridge of high pressure to our east continues to bring the heat and filter the moisture from the south. Dewpoints this morning are in the 60s,
Continue Reading Temperatures were still slightly above average today, but much better than the excessive heat we dealt with last week. High pressure stays in control, keeping temperatures above average. The clockwise rotation of this upper level system is filtering in moisture. This is causing elevated dew points and chances for thunderstorms for our local mountain and
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A ridge of high pressure remaining in place continues to bring the heat and continues to filter in moisture from the south. Temperatures will be slightly cooler, but still above average. The average high temperature this weekend remains 106°. Due to the increase in moisture present, thunderstorms will remain possible for our local mountains and
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The dew points this morning in the Valley were nearing the 80 degree mark, exceptionally high even for monsoon season. Dew points will remain elevated through the weekend due to continuing monsoonal flow AND the remnants of Hurricane Genevieve. With the increased humidity comes a chance of thunderstorms and showers in the mountains, high deserts,
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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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