Taking a look at the weather pattern, we can see there isn’t much going on, especially for the valley floor and Southern California! There aren’t many big changes expected for the coming days, so enjoy the fantastic weather this Thanksgiving holiday! Today will be quite mild yet again in the Coachella Valley. High temperatures will
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Gusty winds are on the way and minimal rain chances are expected for the valley, all thanks to a low-pressure system and a weakening atmospheric river moving south across the West Coast. This system is bringing breezy conditions to the area. Winds will pick up this evening and overnight, with gusts reaching 25-30 MPH across
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It’s going to be another great day on the valley floor, but we’re tracking some breezes later on in the day. As another system moves through the West Coast, we are tracking an uptick in breezes this evening for the Coachella Valley. Gusts on the valley floor are unlikely to exceed 25-30 MPH, with the
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The Coachella Valley is poised for a mix of cloudier skies and near-normal temperatures this week, influenced by a low pressure system currently impacting the West Coast. While most of the light rain and shower activity is more likely for the High Desert, San Bernardino mountains, and areas west of the mountains, there’s still a
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There’s a few changes for our forecast in the Coachella Valley as we kick off the week heading towards Turkey Day. Overall, it’s another accommodating morning with partly cloudy skies and temperatures in the mid 50s. Wind speeds are light and variable for the most part, and that should be the trend aside for some
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October 2024 was the warmest October since at least the start of the 21st century. This was largely due to the exceptionally warm start to the month. Oct. 1st had a high of 117. This smashed the all-time high-temperature record for not just the day, but also the month. In total, there were 6 days
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It’s been a bit dry here on the valley floor for quite some time now. We are tracking increasingly dry conditions developing in parts of the desert Southwest and creeping into extreme southeastern California. Here in the Coachella Valley, we are still tracking some abnormally dry conditions but will keep an active eye on this.
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As remnants of the system that brought flooding to Northern California makes its way down the California coast, we’re seeing some potential for scattered showers in our local mountains. Tonight, FutureTrack is showing light rain in the mountains to our west. These showers are expected to stay in the mountains, but some stray drops could
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Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley can expect warm and dry conditions through today with mostly clear skies and temperatures near 80°F. A cold front will pass through on Saturday, bringing some cloud cover and slightly cooler temperatures. While an atmospheric river is expected to bring light rain to the mountains of Southern California starting
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Today we’ll enjoy plenty of sunshine and highs near the 80 degree mark, but a frontal zone swings through tomorrow bringing some clouds and cooler temps. The front is part of the larger storm system that has brought catastrophic weather to the Pacific Northwest. That front will swing through late Saturday here in SoCal, and
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Enjoy our continued warming today with increasing onshore flow this afternoon.Look for temperatures climbing into the upper 70s, reaching the low 80s by tomorrow. Southern California remains under the influence of high pressure, keeping conditions clear and dry across the desert. As the trough associated with the strong atmospheric river to our north moves south
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Our weather continues on a warming trend today, with highs pushing into the upper 70s. Lower 80s expected by tomorrow. High pressure remains in place across Southern California. Up North, the massive bomb cyclone continues to bring rain, snow and damaging winds to the region. The last wave of this storm system will move through
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Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley will enjoy and dry conditions through Friday, with clear skies and cool nights. Highs continue to rise late week, reaching the lower to mid 80s by Thursday as high pressure builds across the region. Our warm and calm pattern will shift a little this weekend as the strong impacting
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Earlier today, a groundbreaking study was released that officially linked climate change to increased intensity of hurricanes in the Atlantic Basin (Nothern Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico). The authors found that all 11 hurricanes this year had intensified by somewhere between 9 and 28 miles per hour. In most cases, this was enough to
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The Valley will see highs slightly warmer than yesterday, and that trend continues into the weekend as high pressure remains in place over the region. Meanwhile, in the Pacific Northwest a Bomb Cyclone is bringing powerful winds, heavy rain, and significant snowfall from Northern California all the way to Canada. The landscape is a quilt
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We’re looking at a warming trend over the next few days with mostly clear skies and a warmup on the horizon. Temperatures are expected to rise as high pressure strengthens across Baja California, with some areas of the lower deserts likely reaching the low 80s by Thursday. Morning lows will remain above freezing for most,
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A large and unusually strong storm is impacting much of the Pacific Northwest and Northern California. The system is being called a “bomb cyclone”. A bomb cyclone is a classification a storm system earns if its pressure drops rapidly. If a (midlatitude) cyclone’s pressure falls at least 24 millibars in 24 hours, it can be
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Relatively mild conditions prevail with temps slightly below average today. We will see some gusty offshore winds West of the Coachella Valley. A major storm system will begin to impact Northern California and the Pacific Northwest as soon as Wednesday. The system will bring widespread heavy rain and snow to that region through the end
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We’re transitioning from cooler to warmer weather around Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley this week. A series of weak troughs moving through today and tomorrow will bring breezy conditions with temperatures 5-6 degrees below average. Very pleasant to start the work week — mid 70s today–which is about 4 degrees cooler than usual, with
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