Forecast Last Updated at Tuesday, June 18, 2019 at 4:36PM

Unsettled Evening

Scattered showers and thunderstorms develop this evening and linger into the overnight hours. Coverage of showers and storms will diminish after midnight. More of the same is expected for both Wednesday and Thursday afternoons, followed by a drier Friday into Saturday.

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Tuesday Hi: 83 Lo: 68 Scattered showers & thundershowers, mostly before midnight; Partly to mostly cloudy; Calm wind

Wednesday Hi: 86 Lo: 68 Partly sunny; Scattered PM showers & thundershowers; Light SW wind

Thursday Hi: 86 Lo: 66 Partly sunny with scattered to numerous PM showers & thunderstorms; SW wind 5-10 mph

Friday Hi: 87 Lo: 66 Abundant sunshine & warm for the first day of summer

Saturday Hi: 88 Lo: 69 Partly to mostly sunny; An isolated shower or t-shower, mostly PM

Further Out

Sunday - Plenty of sunshine, but with widely-separated PM thunderstorms; Very warm; High in the upper 80s; Low in the upper 60s
Monday - Lots of sunshine, but with widely-scattered afternoon showers & thundershowers; Very warm; High in the upper 80s; Low in the upper 60s

Forecast Discussion

A nearly stationary front draped across the Ohio Valley and Mid-Atlantic states will remain to our north. A couple of upper level disturbances tracking along the southern edge of the westerlies will be the impetus for rounds of mostly-PM showers and thunderstorms over the next few afternoons across the local area.

A weak surface trough or front will move through late Thursday. Behind this feature, we are expecting a drier conclusion to the workweek (and the official start of the summer season).

A warm front will lift to the north of the state during the weekend, placing the Foothills in a rather hot, steamy air mass. That would be just on cue heading into the last week of June. As a result, the risk for showers and thundershowers will return.

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