Good Friday Evening,
The final Friday of Summer ended on a hot note, with the hottest high temps of the month. Temps will remain quite warm for the Football Friday Nite games tonight, with temps in the mid to upper 80s at kickoff and dropping to the 70s during the games.
A weakening boundary will drop south into our area overnight, and a few showers, and a rumble or two could roll through between about midnight in the northwest, closer to 3-6am closer to the city, and 6-9am in the far east. Skies will clear out, and things will heat up on Saturday with highs back near 90.
Sunday, expect some clouds early, with temps surging back to near 90. We will have some scattered showers, maybe a few rumbles late in the day on Sunday. Rain chances will ramp up Sunday night and into Monday. (Yes, rain chances will ramp up!) Monday expect showers, and few storms around, with highs in the upper 70s ahead of a cold front. The front looks to be slow moving and will lumber through on Tuesday with highs again in the upper 70s.
Even better news, with the slow moving front, rain and rumbles will remain in the forecast on Tuesday. Wednesday we will get behind the front, but will not be far enough away to clear skies. Expect mostly cloudy conditions with highs in the upper 70s. We will see a few showers returning on Thursday with an unsettled pattern, and highs in the middle 70s. We will keep a stray shower in the forecast for Friday, with highs in the middle 70s.
While we do have many rain chances over the next week, not everyone is going to see rain every day. In fact, the best chances for area-wide rain will be Monday-Tuesday. But in total, everyone should finally get rain over the next week, with anywhere from a half inch to an inch and a quarter plus possible. This really shouldn't improve the drought much, but will stop it from getting worse.
-Dave
