As we all continue our cleanup of the Coachella Valley in the wake of Tropical Storm Hilary, I wanted to take a deeper look at exactly how much water flowed through the valley. I looked into how much water our washes saw from Hilary and how much water they can handle. Credit: Peter Daut The
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Some monsoon flow is sliding back toward the Coachella Valley, with a small threat of mountain and high desert thunderstorms by tomorrow. The dew points will be the most notable part of that for us here on the Valley floor, as they will return to the 60s. Then heading into the weekend heat returns across
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Enjoy the relatively mild and below average temperatures! As we move through this week and into the weekend, we are tracking rising temperatures. As well, we are closely monitoring the chances for some showers around the valley come Thursday. Tropical Storm Harold made landfall earlier today in southern Texas. While this may seem unrelated to
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The dew points remain elevated, but are slowly recovering, but the humidity will linger after Hilary. With all the mud and dirt drying out, you’re likely to see a lot of dust over the next few days. So far air quality remains in the “GOOD” range, but may deteriorate as the clean-up continues. Thunderstorms continue
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Community sandbagging operations continued Saturday around the Coachella Valley. People of all ages were working together to fill sandbags for themselves and helping the elderly and others at one sandbagging site just outside the Rancho Mirage Public Library. In some cases, they were aided by new friends they met at the site as everybody shared
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As of the latest update, Hurricane Hilary remains a powerful category 4 hurricane. The latest reading have the storm’s minimum pressure as 946mb and has a sustained wind speed of 130mph. The storm is also moving to the north-northwest at 13mph. Hilary has grown and strengthened very quickly. It became a tropical storm, and was
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Southern California rarely sees tropical weather. However, every now and again we get some remnants of a tropical storm, bringing plenty of rain. What’s even rarer though, is a tropical storm making a direct landfall in California. Credit: National Weather Service – San Diego Since records began, there have been two tropical storms which made
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Heavy rainfall expected from late Saturday through Monday could produce flooding and power outages and Hilary moves up from Baja. A Flood Watch will be in place from 11 a.m. Saturday until 5 p.m. Monday as the storm brings the potential for long periods of heavy rain. In addition to the Flood Watch, a Tropical
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A First Alert Weather Alert has been issued for Saturday through Monday. Tropical moisture will bring significant rainfall to the region. Please take any necessary precautions to prepare your home and follow the First Alert Weather Team for the latest updates. As of Thursday night, Hurricane Hilary is a category 3 storm. We are expecting
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We remain under an Excessive Heat Warning through 8 p.m. today, and the Inland Empire is also under a Heat Advisory as highs will again be in the one-teens. We’ll see slight drier condition today and tomorrow, then a major system moves in late Saturday. Hurricane Hilary is moving steadily up along the coast of
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Currently, Hilary is still over 1,000 miles south of California and several hundred miles off the west coast of Mexico. Earlier today, Hilary became a tropical storm and was formally named. As things stand now, Hilary will almost certainly become a hurricane within the next 24 hours. As of the latest forecast, Hilary is expected
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An Excessive Heat Warning is currently in place. It went in effect this morning at 10AM and will expire tomorrow evening at 8PM. Temperatures as high as 115° are possible. Our friends to the west in the mountains are under a Heat Advisory as well. The monsoonal moisture which has caused some showers over the
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An Excessive Heat Warning will be in effect from 10 a.m. today through 8 p.m. tomorrow as temperatures climb above 110. A Heat Advisory is also in effect for the Inland Empire and San Diego County inland valleys. This is coupled with monsoon moisture that continues to flow in from the Southeast. A bigger surge
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There is a strong monsoonal set up over the Southwestern U.S. A ridge of high pressure is off to our east and a trough of low pressure is off to our west. Although both of these systems are several hundred miles away, this combination will help to bring some monsoonal moisture into Southern California through
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The average daily high temperature for the Coachella Valley between August 9th and August 25th ranges from 106° to 109°F. The chart below was provided by the Palm Springs Unified School District and lists their guidelines for dealing with high heat index temperatures. The heat index is a measurement of how hot it actually feels
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Temperatures are on the rise as we move into midweek. An Excessive Heat Warning is in place from 10 a.m. Wednesday until 8 p.m. Thursday as temps soar above 112 for the Coachella Valley. A Heat Advisory is up for areas West of the Valley for the same time period. Because of lingering humidity, the
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A ridge of high pressure is expanding west, aiding in warming temperatures and also steering in more moisture into Southern California. Showers and storms will become more active over the mountains and High Desert Tuesday and Wednesday as a result of a steadier southeast flow. School may be back in session for some desert students,
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Drier conditions are expected for the start of the work week after yesterday’s high elevation thunderstorms. A surge of monsoonal moisture and warm temperatures created the perfect opportunity for thunderstorm development. Thunderstorm activity was mostly reserved for local mountains and high desert communities but light rainfall did spill onto the valley floor as well. Here
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This afternoon saw an extra push of monsoonal moisture over the mountains and deserts of southern California. This push of moisture has served as the source for the storms we’ve see pop up over the last few hours. The moisture having been forced up the San Jacinto mountians, mixed with summertime temperatures caused some storms
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Mostly clear skies and below-seasonal conditions are expected once again today as moisture lingers. Dewpoints, however, have lowered into the 40s today as a gradual drying trend occurs across the region. Today will be a better day to use your evaporative or swamp coolers than yesterday. Warmer and drier conditions are expected for the start
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