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Fall Yields To Summer-Like Heat This Weekend, Next Week In RivCo
Forecasters expect the mini heat wave will bring excessive heat to the Coachella Valley, with moderate impacts for western RivCo next week.
RIVERSIDE, CA — A warming trend will set in starting Friday and continuing into early next week, pushing temperatures into the 110s in parts of eastern Riverside County and around 100 degrees in the Riverside metropolitan area, according to the National Weather Service.
The agency posted an Excessive Heat Warning for the Coachella Valley and other desert locations beginning 10 a.m. Friday and ending Saturday night. Forecasters predicted the mercury will peak at 112 to 114 degrees, advising residents to take precautions against heat exposure-related impacts.
"Through Saturday, high temperatures for a few locations each day could be near record levels for the lower deserts," the NWS said in a statement.
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The heat intensity index will not climb significantly in western Riverside County until early next week. Daytime temperatures on Monday and Tuesday are likely to top out just under 100 degrees, though triple digits are a possibility in some valley locations, meteorologists said.
"(During) the warming trend ... high temperatures on Tuesday (will) range from a few degrees above average near the coast to 12 to 18 degrees above average for the mountains and deserts," the NWS stated.
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Forecasters said ridges of high pressure settling over New Mexico and the Great Basin of Nevada and Utah will influence weather patterns over the next week, fueling the drier, hotter conditions.
In Riverside, highs through the weekend will hover in the low 90s, with overnight lows in the low 60s. On Monday and Tuesday, however, the mercury will be at or near 100, according to the Weather Service.
In Palm Springs, the max temp will be 112 Friday and Saturday, only tempering slightly Sunday to Tuesday, with highs close to 110 and lows in the mid 80s.
The Temecula Valley will be among the least impacted during the mini heat wave, with daytime highs generally holding in the low 90s from Friday to Tuesday and lows falling to around 60, according to the NWS.
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