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Sprinkles pass, Sunny & Cool Today

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

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After Record Rainfall, a Dry Weekend Awaits

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

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A Reprieve, then Rain Returns

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

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Rainfall Arrives, and Sticks Around

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

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Rain Likely as we Move into Tuesday

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

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Warm Before the Weekend

Sunshine, wispy clouds and highs in the 80s today and tomorrow as we approach the weekend, but then some changes arrive. A nice evening for Village Fest tonight! A series of weak fronts moves in starting Friday night, so we’ll see increasing clouds and cooler weather on Saturday and Sunday. The following system threatens a

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A Wild Day of Wintry Weather…

Snowline down to 3,000 feet this morning with some light showers around the Valley and some gusty winds. A Winter Weather Advisory will drop at 10am, A Wind Advisory for the I.E. will last through noon tomorrow. The area of low pressure is just to our South, but will slowly move Southeast into Norther Mexico

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Winds Easing, Temps Rising

Winds are lighter today, and the Wind Advisory posted earlier expired right on time, at Noon today. High pressure remains in charge of our weather pattern through Saturday, then a storm system moves in, cooling us off for Sunday and Monday, and evening a very small chance of light showers. High this afternoon will reach

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Kicking-Off a Sunny Warm Week!

High pressure building-in across the entire Western US will bring above normal daytime highs and mild offshore winds through much of the week! Today, you can expect highs to reach 83 or so, running nearly 10 degrees above normal for the date! We see only modest changes moving through the week, with highs remaining well

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Sunny & Warm… Again!

Look for highs to be in the low eighties again this afternoon, close to the 84 we recorded yesterday, as high pressure builds. This afternoon, skies will remain mostly sunny, with only a hint of cloud cover, and those highs will be nearly ten degrees above normal! The remainder of the week, we’ll see a

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A Warm Week Ahead

Sunshine and highs well above normal will be hallmarks of the forecast this week as High Pressure dominates the Desert Southwest all week long. Offshore winds will increase through the middle of the week as well, increasing temps throughout the Inland Empire, and keeping us above normal here in the desert. Today, we’ll get close

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