Weekend Rain Forecast In Riverside County

RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CA — Warm, sunny weather is expected to continue through Wednesday across Riverside County, but cloud cover will increase Thursday ahead of rain arriving over the weekend and continuing into next week, according to the National Weather Service.

Exactly how much rain will fall remains uncertain.

"Periods of showers are expected through the weekend into early next week as troughs line up to periodically pass across the U.S. West Coast," the weather service said in a forecast discussion. "A lot of the details will become clearer as the timing and track of each trough passage becomes clearer."

Forecasters are predicting isolated light showers through Sunday, with a chance of more widespread rainfall arriving Monday and Tuesday. At most, the weather service currently expects up to an inch of precipitation through early next week.

Despite the wet conditions, temperatures are not expected to plummet.

"Thursday, highs will be up to 5 degrees cooler than Wednesday but will still be 5 to 10 degrees above average," according to the weather service.

Over the weekend, daytime highs west of the mountains are forecast to hover in the upper 60s to low 70s. In the desert communities, temperatures will range from the mid- to upper 70s.