Enjoy the weekend because some changes are arriving Monday that will bring wind and colder temperatures to Coachella Valley. Powerful gusty winds are possible on Monday afternoon. The First Alert Weather Team is going to keep tracking this weather system throughout the weekend. Light rainfall graced the Valley floor this morning (and a few showers
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A grey day in the desert with cloudy skies throughout this Thursday. The average high for the date in Palm Springs is 94°. The city topped out 8° below that mark this afternoon. The trough of low pressure that’s feeding clouds into Southern California will move inland tomorrow. Additional moisture will flow over the Desert
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Cloudy skies across SoCal will dominate the weather scenario for the next few days, and keep us cooler than normal well into next week. We are also on the look out for spotty showers tomorrow morning as a front slides by, The rainfall potential isn’t great, as there is not a lot of precipitable moisture
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A trough of low pressure is nearing the west coast. This will steer moisture from the southwest into Southern California. We’re already seeing the first signs of this with increasing clouds this afternoon. Light rain will move across Riverside County early Friday morning. Current rainfall estimates are below a tenth of an inch. Skies will
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Today is much calmer than yesterday, but another system is headed toward the Southland by late tomorrow. This front is a cooler system than yesterday monsoonal storm, so it will not bring the convective storm activity but may provide a few sprinkles or light showers overnight Thursday into Friday. However the available moisture doesn’t look
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Sunny skies to start Wednesday with additional clouds joining through the afternoon. An average high for the date is 95° but the Coachella Valley will feel slightly cooler conditions. A break in-between weather systems for the middle of the workweek before a trough of low pressure arrives on Thursday. This will pull in more moisture
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Storms, some of which have turned severe continue, to fire up as a low pressure system that brought light rain and thunderstorms to the Valley this morning moves eastward. Rainfall capped off with very minimal totals in the early morning hours. There is still the slight possibility of residual showers in the mountains nearby this
Continue ReadingToday we jumped well into the 90s, nearly hitting triple digits. We’ll see similar numbers on our Sunday as well. Dew points remain low through tomorrow, so expect a warm day with dry conditions and a few passing clouds. Monday evening we’re presented with a low pressure system that will move through bringing a chance
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Seasonal weather will be with us as we close out the work week and move into the first weekend of October. Palm Springs recorded a high temperature of 97° Friday afternoon. The average for the date is 96°. A much more comfortable afternoon than what 2020 brought us when the city reached 113°! Relief from
Continue ReadingAs much as we need some rain in SoCal, October generally provides sunny dry conditions and this weekend is no exception. Highs will be in the mid-90s as they have been all week, so your Oktoberfest celebrations will enjoy fair conditions. Dew points remain incredibly dry, so fire danger is on the increase, especially in
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Relative humidity values are less than 10% across much of the Southland this afternoon. Thankfully, wind gusts should remain below 20 MPH around the Coachella Valley. Weak Santa Ana winds are responsible for bringing the drier air into Southern California. Dew point temperatures will remain low into Friday. Recovery will be slow through the weekend.
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Sunny and dry as we head into the weekend, with just some modest Santa Ana Winds to deal with through today. Those winds are drying out the atmosphere significantly and leading to increased fire danger throughout SoCal. Dry air across the entire region will last into the weekend, but there’s a chance of showers developing
Continue Reading The passing of the trough of low pressure has shifted our winds to take on a northerly flow. This will create much drier conditions around Southern California. The offshore flow will drop dew point temperatures into the teens at times around the Coachella Valley on Thursday. Elevated fire weather conditions are a concern across the
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Gusty winds last night peaked above 35mph at PSP, with similar gusts around the Valley but this morning the winds have backed off. Winds should be calmer today, but gradually turn offshore starting tomorrow, which will warm us up. Partly cloudy skies persist this morning but will clear out later this afternoon returning us to
Continue Reading A trough of low pressure is strengthening onshore flow. Here’s a look at some of the strongest gusts as of 10:00 p.m.: These gusty conditions will persist across the valley floor through the night but weaken into Wednesday morning. Below-normal temperatures will persist through the week though highs will climb into the upper-90s this weekend.
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Skies remain quite hazy and smoky this morning due to a smoke incursion from wildfires burning to the North, as this photo from view Daniel Carillo demonstrates. Winds will increase this afternoon and evening will help usher the smoke out of our Valley skies into the afternoon. A Wind Advisory is posted for areas north
Continue Reading Air quality around the Coachella Valley ranged from ‘good’ to ‘moderate’ this afternoon. Palm Springs had a reading of 56 as of 9:30 p.m. See the latest numbers here. Smoke from Central California wildfires is expected to linger around the mountains and desert through the night and into Tuesday. A trough of low pressure is
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Smoke is moving into the Valley thanks to winds from the North and that will likely be the case tomorrow as well. You can see the orange and red colors of the sunrise due to the incursion of smoke and haze looking out from the top of the Tram earlier this morning. AQI readings are
Continue ReadingGradual drying as we move through Sunday evening into Monday. Highs next week are going to remain below normal, too, so a pretty good set-up to kick-off October. Drier air is poised to move in. With Northwesterly winds kicking in, smoke and haze will move back into SoCal from fires burning to our North. Dew
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Friday’s rainfall brought 0.04″ to Palm Springs International Airport, which bumps the total for the year to 1.19″. Still 2.29″ below average for this point in the year. The area of low pressure that provided the abundance of moisture Friday is making its way to the east. This system will still draw in moisture from
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