Weak Storm Moves Through San Gorgonio Pass, Warm Temps To Return

SAN GORGONIO PASS, CA — A weak storm system has dropped light rain in Riverside County Tuesday morning everywhere except the Coachella Valley, but the wet weather is expected to cease by midday as the system continues moving east.

Rainfall amounts from the low-pressure system that moved in from the coast overnight are not expected to exceed one-tenth of an inch, National Weather Service meteorologist Miguel Miller said.

The chance of measurable precipitation was 20% in the Riverside metropolitan area and the San Gorgonio Pass near Banning, and 30% in the mountains, but the Coachella Valley is expected to remain dry, according to the NWS.

Snow levels will remain above 8,000 feet Tuesday morning, Miller said.

Conditions will be dry and warmer by midday and winds will be light, with gusts expected to reach 35 mph in the San Gorgonio Pass Tuesday afternoon, Miller said.

Temperatures are forecast to reach 60 degrees in Riverside, 53 in Banning, 56 in Hemet and Temecula, 69 in the Coachella Valley and 45 in Idyllwild.

Miller said temperatures are expected to warm through Friday, then cool slightly over the weekend.