Moderate rain has been falling now here in the desert since 6am. It has not let up and is not expected to until mid afternoon. Some flooding is occuring in the valley streets so slow down and be careful. Some reports coming in are over 10 inches of snow in Pinyon and a good amount [...]

As we are in the middle of the summer Monsoon season, this week I added a few additional maps to the “Weather Maps” menu on the main DesertWeather site.  These map will assist in determining thunderstorm development in our area and more importantly flash flooding potential.
You will see 3 links at the bottom labeled: “Flash [...]

Looking at the valley as a whole, you can see the “hit and miss” nature of these thunderstorms. The areas that got hit, got hit hard! Highway 111 was closed for hours due to flash flooding. Multiple business were inundated with flood waters from mountain runoff in Cathedral City.
Estimated radar storm total:
Some rain totals:
Palm Springs [...]

Coachella Valley is under a Flash Flood Warning this morning. Rain was steady all night but only on the light to moderate side so that helped limit the threat of major flooding.
There are reports of minor flooding on some valley roads. And an unconfirmed report of a minor mud slide on Highway 74 near Pinyon.
Rainfall [...]