· Pick of the week today. Some minor smoke from Canadian wild fires has made it into the region promoting more a of a hazy looking baby blue sky but temperatures today will be at their warmest since the 22nd of April.

· A cold front with showers (some moderate to heavy briefly for a time) and perhaps a few benign thunderstorms mixed in moving through during the late part of the day into the early to mid evening.

· Unsettled weekend but with Saturday the far better day with mostly dry conditions setting up until later in the afternoon with a second cold front.

· An area of low pressure will develop with frontal passage and slow things down with some pretty hefty rainfall Sunday early to mid morning before blustery and chilly weather blows in.

· Wind gusts could reach to near 40 mph across high terrain on Sunday and again Monday moving some pretty chilly air into the region for early next week.

TODAY: Sunny and warm. A high in the mid to upper 70s. Light south winds. (5)

TONIGHT: Fair with a few high clouds. A low 45 to 50. Light south wind. (5)

FRIDAY: Partial morning sun, then clouding up with a rising chance for showers and possibly a late day thunderstorm. Warmer and a tad humid. A high in the low 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. (4)

Looking further ahead…

FRIDAY NIGHT: Early evening showers and isolated thunderstorms exiting to partial clearing. Patchy valley fog. A low 45 to 50. (4)

SATURDAY: Sunny through early afternoon then clouding up. A rising chance for rain showers developing late. A high in the mid 60s. (3)

SUNDAY: Showers…moderate at times early…with a risk for rumble of thunder. Otherwise becoming blustery with leftover light rain showers and breaks of sun. A low 40 to 45. A high in the low 50s. Gusty northwest winds. (3)

MONDAY: Mostly cloudy and raw. Scattered mountain rain showers, possibly mixed wet snow flakes higher terrain. Breezy to windy. A low near 35. A high in the mid 40s. (2)

TUESDAY: Partly to mostly cloudy in the morning with more sun in the afternoon. Temperatures well below normal. A low in the mid 30s. A high 50 to 55. (2)

WEDNESDAY: Mostly sunny. A low around 35. A high 55 to 60.

Average lows 40 to 45. Normal highs around 65

(Confidence factor: 5 = Good predictability 1 = shaky modeling lowered confidence)

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