Coachella Valley At 110+ Degree Days Amid High Pressure Dome

PALM DESERT, CA —Swirling wind and baking heat were the weather stories of the day on Friday in Palm Springs and Palm Desert.

Shortly after 9 a.m., Palm Springs police closed North Indian Canyon Road between Sunrise Parkway and Palm Spring Station Road in Palm Springs due to low visibility. The length of that closure was not revealed. However, wind and heat were projected to continue through the weekend.

On Friday, temperatures were expected to soar well over 100 degrees in the Coachella Valley, with elevated temperatures also in other parts of Riverside County. This prompted the National Weather Service to issue an excessive heat warning and heat advisories until 9 p.m.

Dangerously high temperatures were expected in Palm Desert and Palm Springs through Friday will be 109 to 111 degrees, with overnight lows generally around 80. Thermal and other locations farther east may be hotter, the NWS said.

Despite the early June warm-up, "very few, if any, daily temperature records look to be challenged," the agency stated.

Meteorologists said ridges of high pressure anchored in the western U.S. will govern weather patterns through the latter half of the week, causing the hot, dry conditions across the eastern half of the Inland Empire.

Heat advisories across the county would end at 9 p.m. Friday.

In the Riverside metropolitan area, the mercury will settle in the low 90s through Friday, dropping to the mid-60s during the nighttime hours.

Forecasters said the Temecula Valley will benefit from coastal marine layers, with highs in the mid-80s and lows in the upper 50s until Friday.

Cooler weather is slated to return to the western county region during the weekend, ushering in the customary "June Gloom," especially during the mornings.