On November 14th, the Climate Prediction Center released its latest update on what’s happening with La Nina. As a recap, La Nina is one of three phases in the climate cycle known as ENSO (El Nino Southern Oscillation). The other two are El Nino and the Neutral phase. La Nina represents cooler-than-usual ocean temperatures in
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A Winter Weather Advisory remains in effect today in the mountains surrounding the Valley. Mountain snow showers are possible through tonight, along with rain in the lower elevations. Winds are also likely to cause some problems around the region. Wind Advisories are posted both to our North and down around the Salton Sea in Imperial
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Your First Alert Weather Team is issuing a First Alert Weather Alert for a significant weather system will affect Palm Springs and the surrounding region starting tonight, bringing cooler temperatures, increased winds, and a small chance of showers. While the Wind Advisory is posted for areas like Barstow, Palm Springs won’t be under that advisory,
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A significant front arrives later this evening, increasing winds, cooling us off and bringing a small chance of spotty showers in the Western Coachella Valley. Plus there’s the threat of 1″ to 3″ of snow in mountain communities above 5,500 feet. A Wind Advisory is posted for tomorrow around Barstow, and while we’re not under
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Beautiful, mild and sunny today across Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley with highs near 80° thanks to a ridge of high pressure over the desert SW. This warm, dry weather continues through Thursday. A significant change is expected as a trough of low pressure moves into the region late Thursday into Friday, bringing cooler
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Across the nation, winters are getting consistently warmer. Since 1970, winters have warmed by an average of 4° Fahrenheit across more than 230 cities. The most significant warming is being fest east of the Rocky Mountains, with the upper midwest and northeast seeing an average warming of 5.5°F and 5°F respectively. Closer to home, Riverside
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High pressure overhead will keep us mild and sunny through tomorrow, but then a significant front will move through this weekend. That front will move through late tomorrow into Friday morning, bringing breezy and partly cloudy conditions. Showers are possible in the mountains and Inland Empire, but far less likely for us. Today expect highs
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Pleasant and cooler for your Tuesday afternoon with a slight–albeit brief–warmup expected to near-normal temperatures and mostly clear skies Wednesday and Thursday, thanks to light offshore flow. A change in the weather is forecast for Friday and Saturday, as a trough of low pressure moves south from the Gulf of Alaska. This system will bring
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Highs will hover in the mid-to-upper 70s today as a cool front moves through. That front will clear the region by late this afternoon and winds will ease. Wind Advisories are expiring through the morning hours, and by later today, we’ll be free of those advisories. This afternoon highs will remain cooler than normal, with
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Winds turn breezy Veteran’s Day afternoon and evening with otherwise really pleasant conditions for parade activities across the valley. This evening we’re watching a few low clouds moving into the mix that I anticipate will clear fairly quickly by Tuesday morning thanks to increasing offshore flow. This as a trough of low pressure from the
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Expecting a beautiful Monday to start the work-week with highs running close to seasonal norms (83) and plenty of sunshine. Late in the evening, we’re likely to see some breezy conditions pick up as a frontal zone pushes closer to us from the north. There is a Wind Advisory north of Los Angeles due to
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As Sunday comes to a close, Palm Springs was treated to another fantastic day of weather! Plenty of sunshine, calm winds, and pleasant temperatures made for a beautiful day, and these conditions are set to last as we look ahead to Veterans Day. Highs look very similar to what we saw across the valley floor
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Saturday has brought incredible weather into the Coachella Valley! Winds are calm and temperatures remain near normal through the weekend. Palm Springs saw a high temperature of 79° today. We can expect things to be slightly warmer tomorrow and a couple of degrees above average, though still very pleasant. Elsewhere in the Southern California, conditions
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A beautiful weekend is in store for the Coachella Valley. Lots of sunshine and temperatures finally returning back to near normal, then eventually climbing a little warmer than average into next week. As our Santa Ana winds have died down, we’ve noticed a slight bump in humidity levels near the coast and inland valleys. The
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As a trough of low pressure moves through Southern California, we are continuing to track lingering Santa Ana winds across the region. This is leading to a continuation of exceptionally dry conditions. Winds will not be much of an issue for the valley floor tonight, but they will be a bit elevated in the pass.
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Gusty Santa Ana winds continue today, with High Wind Warnings and Red Flag Warnings in effect in many areas West of the Coachella Valley. The offshore winds are driving wildfires across and those Red Flag Warnings will stay in place through Friday as fire danger remains elevated. The low pressure enhancing this winds is slowly
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Today we are tracking some exceptionally dangerous fire weather conditions across Southern California as a result of this Santa Ana wind event. The Storm Prediction Center has issued an “Extreme” outlook for portions of Ventura and Los Angeles Counties. It is not very common for an extreme outlook to be issued. Of course, the Mountain
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Santa Ana winds will continue today through tomorrow, with High Wind Warnings and Red Flag Warnings in place to our West. Plus there’s a Wind Advisory the East of the Valley as well thanks to an area of low pressure that is pushing into the Four-Corners States. We are also under a Windblown Dust Advisory
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We are tracking another round of Santa Ana winds this week in the Coachella Valley. The winds will gradually pick up in the overnight hours and become breezy to gusty for the morning. Winds will likely peak in the later morning hours on Wednesday. The winds will be mainly out of the north/northeast, so areas
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