A gorgeous day across the Coachella Valley, but some changes arrive this evening. Gusty west winds will develop this evening as a front moves through California, with a Wind Advisory in effect a little earlier now beginning at 6PM and continuing through 4AM. Our biggest impact from winds comes overnight while most folks are sleeping,
Continue ReadingA front approaching this evening will bring some gusty winds and cooler temps for the end of the week. A Wind Advisory will be in effect from this evening at 6 p.m. until 4 a.m. tomorrow as the frontal boundary moves through. By tomorrow afternoon, winds should ease a great deal. Temps today will still
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Winds have calmed a bit and we’re seeing another warm day across the Coachella Valley, with highs similar to yesterday in the lower deserts. Changes arrive Wednesday into Thursday as a Pacific system moves inland, bringing noticeably cooler temperatures and gusty west to northwest winds, especially along the desert mountain slopes. Gusts could reach 45
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We are expecting a string a great weather this week, with above average highs giving way to near-normal temps by week’s end. High pressure moves in today, helping to ease the winds we experienced yesterday. An upper level system will move through California late tomorrow, bringing breezier conditions into early Thursday, but allow temps to
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Gusty west winds will continue through this evening across the valley, with gusts 35-45mph possible in the mountains, the deserts, and wind-prone areas. We’ll continue to see blowing dust before winds ease up overnight. Tonight will be slightly cooler after highs in the mid to upper 80s — about 5-10 degrees cooler than recent record
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After another recording setting day of heat in the Coachella Valley, we’re bracing for some wind, blowing dust, and declining daytime highs. Yesterday we set a record at Palm Springs. A cool front moving through the region will bring gusty winds, but help to cool us off a bit. Due to the gusty winds, a
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Today is another day of significantly warmer-than-usual heat. Our winds have been mostly calm so far, but some areas are beginning to see some elevated winds. This is expected as the ridge of high pressure weakens. This wind will play a large role in helping bring down temperatures for next week. Wind gusts on Monday
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THOUSAND PALMS, Calif. (KESQ) – A very warm Sunday is slated for today, along with some breezes entering the picture. It’s all coming as cooler temperatures (relief!) are on the way for the workweek ahead. Saturday brought more record-breaking heat to SoCal. Palm Springs broke the previous record of 94° with a value of 96°
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It’s another very warm day here in the Coachella Valley as high temperatures climb into the mid 90s yet again. Skies are sunny today, and winds are very mild as well. This all comes as a result of a ridge of high pressure persisting over Southern California. We do have some changes on the way,
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THOUSAND PALMS, Calif. (KESQ) – It’s been hot! Several records were broken or tied yesterday. Notably, Indio tied their previous record of 100° – the first triple digits we’ve seen in the valley so far this year! Other spots throughout our local mountains also broke records (like Idyllwild and Big Bear). A full list of
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It’s not just another warm day here in the valley… today is the hottest day of the year so far. Highs today are in the upper 90s all across the valley. We even saw our first triple-digits in Indio today. This also comes from a large and dominant ridge of high pressure. This ridge is
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High pressure remains the primary factor in our forecast with temps well into the 90s again this afternoon. Highs today will reach 97, the hottest temp of the week, before slowly dropping by early next week. If you’ve got a hike planned, get it in EARLY in the day. Wind speeds are light and will
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Today is very similar to yesterday, with high temperatures significantly above the seasonal average. It’s overall sunny with only a few upper-level clouds streaming overhead. It’s a VillageFest evening in downtown Palm Springs, and we should expect warm temperatures throughout the evening. We will cool off into the evening, but it won’t dip below the
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High pressure will once again push highs into the middle 90s. Highs topped out at 95 degrees yesterday, which tied the previous 40-year-old record. Highs today will be back in the middle 90s, but the record for the date is 99 so I doubt we’ll see that number matched or exceeded. highs will dance near
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Our warming trend continues today, as high temperatures jump significantly from yesterday and remain far above the seasonal norm. A very stable ridge of high pressure continues to dominate the region, giving us these warmer-than-usual temperatures. Temperatures will continue to warm through the rest of the week, peaking on Friday. Aside from the heat, we
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High pressure powering the warming continues to build in today, pushing temps evening higher than yesterday’s 85 degrees later this afternoon. Temps have steadily risen over the last several days, from the upper 70s over the week to those middle 80s of yesterday. Today we’re looking squarely at 90s for highs. High pressure will remain
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A continued climb to unseasonably warm temperatures this week across the Coachella Valley. We’re looking at mild and mostly clear conditions tonight, with a few high clouds overhead and mostly light winds. Did you see our spectacular Lenticular cloud over the valley this afternoon? Tomorrow our first day in the 90s. Our warming trend continues
Continue ReadingHigh pressure across the Southland will keep temps on the rise, and hold some NorCal rain at bay. Meanwhile, as we heat up into the upper 80s, heavy rain is expect in NorCal and into Southern Oregon. Yesterday we topped out at 83, today we’ll see temps higher by about 5 degrees. The latter part
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The first 90s of the year are on the way as the Coachella Valley sees a significant climb in temperatures and this week. The valley stays dry and increasingly warm thanks to a strong ridge of high pressure dominating–and shielding Southern California. Temperatures will climb through Friday (likely our warmest day of the week), rising
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High pressure across Southern California will brings temps way up, nearly 20 degrees above average by midweek. Despite the fair and mild weather here in SoCal, the Northern part of the state will be slammed by torrential rain through Wednesday. Highs today will warm to the middle 80s, about ten degrees above normal. The rest
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