High Wind Warning
...another Front To Bring Strong Winds This Evening Into Tuesday... .another Frontal System Will Bring Moderate To Strong Winds To The Coast This Evening, The Shasta Valley Tonight And Some Areas East Of The Cascades Late Tuesday Morning. ...high Wind Warning In Effect From 10 Am To 10 Pm Pst Tuesday... ...Read More.
Effective: December 18, 2018 at 10:00amExpires: December 18, 2018 at 10:00pmTarget Area: Modoc County
HAPPINESS
IS A WARM CUP
December 18, 2018, 2:25 AM PST
Southern California Overview:
- High pressure aloft will build in over the region the next several days.
- A warming and drying trend will develop through Thursday with temperatures warming to above seasonal levels from Wednesday to Friday.
- A cool down is likely Friday, becoming more pronounced over the weekend.
United States Overview:
- Continued unsettled in the West today with strong winds into Oregon.
- Increasingly wet through the Gulf Coast Wednesday.
Local/State Headlines
- State Utility Regulators Delayed Implementing Law Aimed at Preventing Wildfires.
- Rainfall totals from Sunday/Monday storm.
- Coast Guard issues safety warning as massive waves hit the Central Coast.
- Advisories in Place for L.A., Ventura Counties as High Surf Pounds California Coast.
- High surf hits San Diego coastline.
- IMPERIAL BEACH: Beach closures lifted after sewage spill.
- CENTRAL COAST REGION: Storm exits and winds and temps crank up.
Nat’l/Int’l Headlines
- CHICAGO, IL: Mild pattern to dominate the rest of December.
- 7th day here with 40s and an 8th straight day above normal; temps to flirt with 50-deg Wednesday; windy Pacific storm to jump the Rockies and redevelop on the Gulf Coast; its powerful winds to rake Chicago Thursday night/Friday.
- CHICAGO, IL: Temps in the high 40s Tuesday, a cool down later this week.
- DENVER, CO: Wind, cooler temperatures, and some snow for the state this week.
- TWIN CITIES, MN: Warm weather, sunshine expected Tuesday.
- NASA's InSight Mars Lander 'hears' Martian winds, shares images of Red Planet and other accomplishments.
NOAA Weather
Riverside Municipal Airport, CA
Last Updated on Dec 18 2018, 1:53 am PST
Weather by NOAA
Current Conditions: Partly Cloudy
Temp: 54°F
Wind: North at 0mph
Humidity: 93%
Dewpoint: 52.0°F
On this day – 12.18..2008
A snowstorm of a magnitude that hadn't occurred since 1979 descended on the mountains and high deserts from 12/15 to this day. Impressive snow totals include 54 inches at Big Bear, almost 36 inches at Wrightwood, 20 inches at Pinon Hills, and 16 inches at Hesperia, Idyllwild and Julian. Interstate 15 was closed from San Bernardino to the Nevada state line for many hours.