Palm Desert, California

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33°C
Feels like 33°
Mostly Cloudy
▲ 39°  /  ▼ 24°
Wind
4 mph N
Humidity
40%
Dew Point
18°
Pressure
29.21 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
5.2
Cloud Cover
84%
Sunrise
5:43 AM
Sunset
7:57 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Palm Desert is currently mostly cloudy at 33°C. Dry conditions are expected through the next 24 hours. Sunrise: 5:43AM · Sunset: 7:57PM.

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46 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
33°
3%
12 PM
32°
3%
1 PM
34°
4%
2 PM
36°
4%
3 PM
36°
5%
4 PM
36°
5%
5 PM
39°
6%
6 PM
38°
7%
7 PM
37°
7%
8 PM
35°
7%
9 PM
33°
7%
10 PM
32°
7%
11 PM
31°
7%
12 AM
31°
9%
1 AM
29°
10%
2 AM
29°
10%
3 AM
29°
14%
4 AM
29°
9%
5 AM
26°
10%
6 AM
26°
10%
7 AM
27°
10%
8 AM
27°
5%
9 AM
29°
5%
10 AM
29°
6%
7-Day Forecast
Today
39° 24°
Partly Cloudy.
Mon
35° 24°
Partly Cloudy.
Tue
41° 24°
Partly Cloudy.
Wed
39° 26°
Mostly Clear with a 52% chance of rain.
Thu
37° 25°
Clear with a 35% chance of rain.
Fri
34° 23°
Drizzle, 60% chance.
Sat
36° 22°
Clear.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 33° Mostly Cloudy 3% 4 mph N 40%
12 PM 32° Partly Cloudy 3% 4 mph ESE 29%
1 PM 34° Mostly Clear 4% 7 mph SE 25%
2 PM 36° Clear 4% 9 mph SE 23%
3 PM 36° Mostly Clear 5% 10 mph ESE 22%
4 PM 36° Mostly Clear 5% 10 mph ESE 22%
5 PM 39° Mostly Clear 6% 9 mph ESE 23%
6 PM 38° Mostly Clear 7% 7 mph E 25%
7 PM 37° Mostly Clear 7% 5 mph N 27%
8 PM 35° Mostly Clear 7% 6 mph NNW 29%
9 PM 33° Mostly Clear 7% 5 mph NNW 32%
10 PM 32° Partly Cloudy 7% 4 mph NNW 34%
11 PM 31° Partly Cloudy 7% 4 mph NNW 36%
12 AM 31° Partly Cloudy 9% 4 mph NNW 36%
1 AM 29° Partly Cloudy 10% 4 mph NNW 36%
2 AM 29° Partly Cloudy 10% 4 mph NW 36%
3 AM 29° Mostly Cloudy 14% 5 mph WNW 37%
4 AM 29° Mostly Cloudy 9% 5 mph SE 41%
5 AM 26° Overcast 10% 5 mph ESE 46%
6 AM 26° Mostly Cloudy 10% 4 mph NNE 49%
7 AM 27° Mostly Cloudy 10% 4 mph N 49%
8 AM 27° Mostly Cloudy 5% 3 mph N 48%
9 AM 29° Mostly Cloudy 5% 3 mph ENE 46%
10 AM 29° Partly Cloudy 6% 4 mph ESE 44%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/12
Partly Cloudy
7%
24°
39°
Mon
7/13
Partly Cloudy
12%
24°
35°
Tue
7/14
Partly Cloudy
14%
24°
41°
Wed
7/15
Mostly Clear
52%
26°
39°
Thu
7/16
Clear
35%
25°
37°
Fri
7/17
Drizzle
60%
23°
34°
Sat
7/18
Clear
19%
22°
36°
Sun
7/19
Clear
25%
24°
37°
Mon
7/20
Clear
25%
24°
37°
Tue
7/21
Drizzle
42%
25°
37°
Wed
7/22
Clear
25%
22°
37°
Thu
7/23
Drizzle
60%
26°
36°
Fri
7/24
Drizzle
60%
26°
36°
Sat
7/25
Clear
25%
26°
37°
Sun
7/26
Clear
25%
26°
37°
46
Good
U.S. Air Quality Index · Dominant: O3
50 100 150 200

Air quality is satisfactory and poses little or no health risk.

Pollutant Breakdown · Today
PM2.5
Fine particulate matter
36 AQI 6.5 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
46 AQI 51 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Mon 46 Good 46 36
Tue 58 Moderate 58 44
Wed 67 Moderate 67 54
About the Air Quality Index
0–50 Good
51–100 Moderate
101–150 Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
151–200 Unhealthy
201–300 Very Unhealthy
301–500 Hazardous

The U.S. AQI runs 0–500. The overall value equals the highest individual pollutant sub-index, and the dominant pollutant is the one driving it. PM2.5 (fine particles) is reported in µg/m³ and ozone (O3) in ppb. Forecast source: NWS NAQFC.

1000850700500400300250200150100 -40-30-20-10010203040 0.41247101624 LCLLFCEL0°C Temperature (°C) Pressure (hPa)
Temp Dewpoint Parcel (SB) CAPE CIN Dry adiabat Moist adiabat Mixing ratio
RAP
Valid Sun Jul 12, 17:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 50 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE395 J/kg
MLCAPE410 J/kg
MUCAPE708 J/kg
SBCIN-419 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-2.9
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear48 kt
0–1 km Shear12 kt
Eff. Shear37 kt
0–1 km SRH-88
0–3 km SRH-164
Eff. SRH-92
Storm Motion112° @ 30 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.2
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index35.6
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.84 in
0–3 km LR6.8 °C/km
700–500 LR7.0 °C/km
Total Totals49.4
LCL800 hPa
LFC640 hPa
EL307 hPa
Freezing Lvl15,210 ft