Happy Friday! We’re off to a calm start today compared, especially compared to the busy and stormy Thursday afternoon. We ended up with around 5,000 ish lightning strikes throughout the day, including some in Oregon, Canada and Eastern Washington. Today, it’s low marine cloud cover, a few sprinkles and then we’ll see afternoon sunshine. Highs will warm a lot from yesterday, into the mid-70s.
The weekend forecast is also shaping up nicely. High pressure over the Pacific Ocean will begin to drift slowly over the west coast and provide us with plenty of sunshine both Saturday and Sunday. We will see low clouds early tomorrow and some on Sunday, then plenty of sun for the afternoon. No rain is expected this weekend, and daytime highs will hover around the upper-70s to the lower-80s. There will be a spread of temperatures from the 70s to the north and 80s to the south of Seattle. Overnight lows will be in the mid-50s throughout western Washington this weekend.
Heads up next week! The long-range computer models have been consistent in predicting a heat wave for a few days on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday next week. We will be pushing the upper-80s and lower-90s during that time. Record highs in the period are well over 95 degrees, and the forecast doesn’t quite bring us to that level; however, an afternoon high around 85 - 90 will get your attention next week. The hot weather next week is also expected to be dry. No measurable rain is in the forecast for several more days.
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