RIVERSIDE (CNS) – Daytime temperatures will be about 20 degrees warmer
across much of the Inland Empire by this weekend, as a warming trend sets
in that’s expected to keep the mercury elevated going into next week, according
to the National Weather Service.
“Warmer locations in the Inland Empire will exceed 90 on Saturday,
with high temperatures in the lower deserts of 100 to 105 degrees,” the NWS
said in a statement.
The agency said a ridge of high pressure aloft, anchored over the
Pacific, will influence weather patterns beginning Friday and continuing into
early next week.
Highs in the Riverside metropolitan area Thursday were expected to
peak in the mid-70s, but by Saturday, the mercury will settle in the mid-90s,
with only slight cooling on Sunday and Monday. Overnight lows will hover in the
upper 50s, according to the Weather Service.
Daytime temps in the Coachella Valley are expected to climb into the
low 100s Saturday to Monday, with lows in the mid-70s, while in the Temecula
Valley, thanks to sea breezes and marine layers originating from the coast, the
highs will stall around 80 from Saturday to Monday, with lows in the low 50s,
meteorologists said.
Temperatures will moderate later next week, and the next opportunity
for precipitation will be Tuesday and Wednesday, when a trough of low pressure
trundles across the region, netting a 30% chance of scattered rain and
thunderstorms in some parts of the inland area, forecasters said.
Riverside Slated for Warm-Up Going into Weekend
