4Warn Weather – Our Thursday begins dry with seasonal temperatures -- but don’t leave the house without an umbrella. Everything changes in the afternoon, when a cold front sweeps across the region.
The region is under a marginal risk (level 1 of 5) for severe weather on Thursday.
Expect clouds to increase as a line of organized, heavy showers arrives midday, around the lunch hour. These showers are ahead of the passing cold front, and are not anticipated to be severe, but will still come with heavy rain and thunder.
Highs will be in the mid-70s.
This line of storms will push through rather quickly, moving at around 40 mph. Once that line passes through, there will be the possibility of a few isolated storms in a second wave as the cold front passes through this evening. These isolated storms may become severe, capable of producing damaging wind gusts up to 60 mph and small hail.
Tonight’s sunset is at 8:31 p.m.
Open up the windows tonight! Cloud cover will clear out overnight, and we’ll hold onto a cool breeze out of the northwest, moving up to 20 mph.
Milder weekend ahead
Friday will be beautiful, but still a bit breezy. Highs will remain in the 70s.
It will be sunny and seasonal on Saturday, as we top out around 80 degrees.
Then we’ll crank up the heat on Sunday and Monday, as highs inch close to 90 degrees.
Elsewhere ...
Nationally, dangerous heat is expected to shift from the Northwest U.S. to the central and southeast U.S. later this week into the weekend. Fire weather concerns, including dry thunderstorm potential, remain in place for parts of the Northwest. Showers and thunderstorms may lead to flooding in the Southwest. Eyes also remain on the Atlantic for potential tropical development next week.
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