A cloudy and rainy start to the week

We've seen a few storms move across the Coachella Valley throughout the day. As of 5:15 PM on Monday, La Quinta is now leading the valley in terms of rainfall totals with 0.17 inches. Thermal and Palm Desert are both at just over a tenth of an inch and the rest of the valley has seen under a tenth of an inch.

Thanks to an unusual weather pattern known as a rex block, the area of low pressure which brought unsettled weather last week has remained in the area. It has retrograded back to the west for today, ushering in the wet weather. Until the weather pattern breaks down, unsettled weather is possible for the valley.

Temperatures will rise back into the 80s for the rest of the week. However, our winds will start to increase as we approach the weekend. The windy weather will persist into the weekend. Along with an increase in clouds, some cooler temperatures will move in over the weekend.

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