Weather

We have finally pulled through the occasional showers and storms of the past few weeks, and now we’re back into the heat of summer for the next few days of today’s Tri-Cities Weather Blog Forecast.

• Tonight-Mostly clear conditions. Low 62.
• Wednesday-Mostly sunny, high 92. Wednesday night should be mostly clear, with a low of 65.
• Thursday-Partly cloudy early, mostly sunny by afternoon. Hot, with a high of 93.
• Friday-Sunny conditions, scattered showers and storms in the afternoon. High 92.
• Saturday-Partly cloudy, with scattered showers and storms. High 88.

The heat dome we had that brought upper 90s to our area a while back returns, but not to the same intensity this week. We’re right at our average of 87 degrees today, and should be above that for the full part of the forecast. Overnight lows look to be at or a little above the 65 degree normal mark starting Wednesday night.

I didn’t mention it above, but there could be a pop-up shower or thunderstorm tomorrow or Thursday. That is most likely to happen in the mountains, they’ll pulse up and bring heavy rain up there, then rain out. That heat dome erodes a bit by Friday, with showers and storms being more likely during the end of the day Friday.

We begin the weekend getting back into the scattered showers and storms game again. It looks at this time like anytime Saturday should have a decent chance of rain and storms, but it will not rain all day. Plans outdoors on Saturday shouldn’t be called off, but keep an eye on the sky and radar if you plan to go out. That way you’ll know to get inside before the storm…and maybe help some folks around you do the same!

That’s it for today’s forecast. Thanks for reading!