The weather pattern is setting up to give us at least a week of cool and cloudy weather to end the month of June. When the western part of the country sets up for cool weather like we predict, the eastern half of the country heats up and this will be true starting this weekend. Many locations in the southeastern United States will suffer hot and humid weather all week while we sit in the cool 60s for the next 5 to 7 days. Many locations in the eastern part of the country could see record heat with oppressive humidity.
In western Washington for the weekend ahead, a threat of showers continues throughout the day today and into the weekend. The coverage of showers will be greatest today and less by Sunday. However, chances of light rain can’t be completely ruled out into next week.
A cold front moving through the area today will continue to kick up rain showers through this evening and there is a possibility of a convergence zone area of downpours north of Seattle by this evening. The upcoming soccer match between Egypt and Iran will be cool and cloudy this evening and rain showers will be in the vicinity. Kick off temperatures should be in the lower 60s.
We are forecasting highs in the 60s in Seattle and much of the Western Washington lowlands through the 3rd of July, and the outlook from the Climate Prediction Center (above) paints that same picture through the Fourth of July weekend — a better chance than not of cooler-than-average temperatures. The average high in Seattle at the start of July is 74°.
We’ll be monitoring the chance of rain showers returning ahead of the weekend of the Fourth, and while the cooler weather might not be exactly what is wished for as summer vacation’s underway for many, rain and mild temperatures could help to keep wildfire activity a bit lower through the period.
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