After spending most of the year with below average temperatures, things change dramatically this weekend. An Excessive Heat Watch (which will become a warning) is in place for much of the Southland through early next week. Widespread high pressure will yield highs as much as ten degrees above normal through the entire weekend. Highs this
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Here in the Coachella Valley, we are no stranger to high heat. The highest average temperature for our airports is 109°F for Palm Springs and 107°F for Thermal and occurs in July. It’s not uncommon for us to see temperatures in the 110s and even the 120s during the summer months. This pegs the questions
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Right now, upper-level winds from the jet stream are still helping to keep temperatures below average. However, this will change starting tomorrow as high pressure will begin to build over Southern California. With high pressure comes higher temperatures. We will likely see afternoon highs in excess of 115°F this weekend. In anticipation of the high
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Highs today will still be slightly below normal but not for too much longer. A broad ridge of high pressure pushes the Jetstream farther North, allowing very hot conditions to prevail from Friday into the July 4th holiday. Significant and even dangerous heat is expected across most of the Southern U.S. Take the heat seriously
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Temperatures today will be remain slightly below the seasonal average of 107°F. Overnight lows in the valley will dip into the low 70s. Enjoy the relatively mild temperatures while they last. Areas shaded in red in the graphic below show locations that are already experiencing temperatures of at least 100°F. There is an abundance of
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Expect a relatively mild day this afternoon, with highs near 103, but high pressure is poised to move in as June wanes. That ridge of high pressure will increase daytime highs substantially over the next few days. High temps will jump from the lower 100s into the one-teens by the weekend, and likely remain in
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The National Weather Service has issued a Wind Advisory beginning Monday evening at 5 p.m. lasting until Tuesday morning at 5 a.m. Winds between 20-30 mph are possible with occasionally stronger gusts. This, along with warm temperatures and overall dry conditions, contribute to a trend toward elevated fire weather through the middle of the upcoming
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While daytime high temperatures will remain below normal this weekend, a warming trend is set to continue. Temperatures are expected to stay in the low 100s as breezy conditions remain. Winds will be the strongest this evening, overnight into Monday morning. Sustained gusts, namely along the I-10 corridor, will be between 30-40 mph. A similar
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Windy evenings continue with our current weather pattern. Here’s a look at expected wind speeds for tonight: Breezy conditions continue into Sunday. Daytime high temperatures remain below normal for this time of year. An average high temperature is 106° for this time of year. Expect clear skies with stronger winds returning by the evening. Low
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Temperatures have been fairly mild for the month of June but that changes this weekend. A trough of high pressure building in the southeast will boost temperatures into the low 100s this weekend. Conditions will get progressively warmer into next week. Temperatures could even rise near 110° by next Friday which will be a slightly
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An Air Quality Alert remains in effect through 6:00 a.m. Saturday for elevated particulate matter from windblown dust. While nights will remain breezy, the strongest winds associated with the trough of low pressure are in the past. Our desert temperatures have been running on the mild side, especially for June, thanks to the same trough.
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Gusty winds overnight will ease today and we’ll keep those cooler-then-normal highs for one more day. A Wind Advisory for the Valley expired at 6 this morning. Highs today will match those of yesterday, in the 90s. The area of low pressure to our North continues to retreat, dropping wind speeds and eventually allowing warmer
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A Wind Advisory is in effect for the Coachella Valley and Riverside County mountains through 6:00 a.m. Friday. Gusts could reach as high as 60 MPH along mountain slopes and through the San Gorgonio Pass. Wind gusts around the valley floor will be weaker but still impactful to Thursday night plans. Gusts in excess of
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A Wind Advisory will be in effect from 2 this afternoon until 6 a.m. Friday. An area of low pressure dropping into the Great Basin will keep those winds gusty, especially overnight, but also hold highs in the middle 90s. Wind speeds will reach 35 m.p.h. into the morning hours of tomorrow. The cooler air
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Today marked the official start of summer (astronomically) and is the longest day of the year. Temperatures today will reach the low triple digits and will be slow to cool once the sun eventually sets. Winds will be fairly gusty the next few days as an area of low pressure meanders down the coast of
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Today is #ShowYourStripes Day! You may have seen a graphic like the one(s) below before. It looks almost like a red and blue barcode. Just as barcodes can contain certain information, so do these diagrams provided by Climate Central. Instead of information about a specific product, however, these graphics show us trends in temperatures for
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The Solstice arrives at 7:57 a.m. today, with below average highs expected into the first official weekend of the Summer season. Highs today will climb to the lower triple digits, but will fade back into the 90s by tomorrow. A weak trough hovers off the Coast tomorrow and into Friday which will keep us breezy
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Today is the last day of spring (astronomically speaking)! Temperatures today are sitting comfortably below the seasonal average of 105°F. Both Palm Springs and Thermal peaked at 100°. A trough of low pressure will continue to make its way closer to California and should arrive by Thursday. This trough will bring in some upper-level winds,
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The reason the Earth has seasons is because of its tilt. Rather than being directly up and down, the Earth is tilted 23.5° away from 90°. As the planet orbits around the sun, different parts of Earth are exposed to more/less of the sun’s rays. During the summer solstice, the Earth’s axis is tilted towards
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