Palm Desert Under Excessive Heat Watch: Hottest Day Of The Week

PALM DESERT, CA — Drink plenty of fluids, keep the kids and pets inside and prepare for flex alerts through the upcoming holiday weekend. Palm Desert and much of the Inland Empire are under an excessive heat watch to start the week as communities prepare to bake under triple-digit weather. The National Weather Service expects temperatures to reach over 100 degrees in some areas Monday and follow that pattern across most areas well past Labor Day, according to the National Weather Service.

Residents who experience extreme heat will significantly increase the potential for heat-related illnesses, particularly those working or participating in outdoor activities.

Be prepared to drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors, the weather experts recommend.

Young children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles under any circumstances.

"This is especially true during warm or hot weather when car interiors can reach lethal temperatures in a matter of minutes," National Weather Service spokesperson Alexander Tardy said.

In the desert communities, the monsoon rain pattern has been kicked to the curb as the high-pressure dome settled in for the next 12 days in Palm Desert. Starting Tuesday, the hottest day in the next week, would see temperatures soar to 114, Accuweather.com reported.

Coachella Valley residents should expect temperatures well over 100 degrees all week long, according to Accuweather forecasts. The deserts will experience the hottest area of the Inland Empire, with the highest temperature coming on Wednesday at 113 degrees. At its coolest, the Coachella Valley will be 108 degrees on Monday.

Banning and Beaumont should prepare to bake Thursday and Friday, with temperatures topping 104 and 105 respectively, according to Accuweather predictions. Those temperatures were expected to stick around until after Labor Day.

Riverside will feel the most heat on Thursday with a predicted high of 104 degrees, and its coolest day will be Monday with a high of 92 degrees.

In Southwest Riverside County, Temecula will see its hottest day on Wednesday with a forecast high of 103 degrees, followed by an even hotter 104 on Saturday across the Temecula Valley and Murrieta, according to Accuweather reports. Monday would be the coolest day for the 12 days, with a temperature of 86 degrees.

Lake Elsinore's high temperature of 106 on Wednesday, will be topped with roasting temperatures of 108 and 109 by Sunday and Monday, respectively, according to Accuweather.

Residents should expect days to be hot and breezy in most communities, with highs in the mid-90s in the valleys and Inland Empire.

Mountain communities will see warm and windy, with highs in the lower 90s.