A warming trend was expected throughout Riverside County this week, beginning on Wednesday, forecasters said.
Highs were expected to reach 82 degrees in the downtown Riverside area Sunday, 78 in Temecula, 84 in Hemet, 102 in the Coachella Valley and 99 in Palm Springs, according to the National Weather Service.
“Temperatures will hold near average for the first half of the week as a troughing pattern lingers with a deeper marine layer,” the NWS announced. “High pressure moves in by Wednesday into the latter half of next week, bringing a warming trend,” the agency added.
Occasional gusts of over 50 mph were possible within the San Gorgonio Pass area Sunday, but were expected to slow down by the evening.
On Monday, temperatures were expected to be a couple degrees warmer throughout the county, and winds were expected to pick back up across the mountains and high deserts, reaching similar values as Sunday afternoon.
The warming trend expected to begin on Wednesday will elevate temperatures to the low 90s in the downtown Riverside area, the high 70s in Temecula, mid-90s in Hemet and over 110 degrees in Coachella and Palm Springs, forecasters said.
Temperatures were expected to remain in that range into next weekend.