· Should be a pretty nice day much of the day with dry conditions and a few afternoon build-ups with fairly comfortable humidity levels.

· A fast moving system could trigger an isolated showers/storm mainly northern areas. Some models have thunderstorms just near or just north of the Canadian border reaching our region around or after 5 PM and affecting some areas briefly this e3venming.

· Skies should go back to mostly clear setting patchy valley fog and cool conditions overnight, but…

· After the Pick of the week Thursday which looks dry and mostly sunny, humidity will be working in from the west along with moisture and instability with several rounds of volatile weather = THUNDERSTORMS Thursday night late into Sunday morning.

· Expects a fairly good load of boomers in the area this period. Timing details are still in flux for the start of Memorial Day Weekend.

TODAY: Morning fog burns off to partial sunshine. A high in the upper 70s to low 80s. Northwest breeze 10 mph. (5)

TONIGHT: Isolated showers and thunderstorms especially northern areas for a time this evening, then mostly clear and partially moonlit. Patchy valley fog. A low 50 to 55. Light northwest winds. (5)

THURSDAY: Pick of the week. Lots of sunshine and pleasantly warm. A high in the upper 70s to low 80s. Light northwest winds. (4)

Looking further ahead…

THURSDAY NIGHT: Mostly clear in the evening. Cloudy periods overnight leading to a chance for showers and thunderstorms toward daybreak. A low in the mid to upper 50s. (3)

FRIDAY: Clouds with a few intervals of sunshine. More humid. Scattered morning showers, a chance for an afternoon thunderstorm. A high in the low 80s. (3)

SATURDAY: Mixed clouds and sun after morning fog. Scattered afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms. Muggy. A low in the low 60s. A high 80 to 85. (2)

SUNDAY: Morning showers and possibly thunderstorms, then becoming partly sunny with just a slight chance for a shower. A low near 60. A high in the low 70s. (2)

Average lows in the upper 40s to near 50. Normal highs in the upper 60s to near 70.

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

RH/5-25

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