· Gorgeous today into tonight, and a decent through a good portions of tomorrow.

· All eyes west with incoming showers and thunderstorms marching eastward out of New York state with an arrival time with the lead thunderstorms before sunset Friday.

· Most of the action Friday evening into the early overnight period…then a gradual winding down but lingering showers to hang around especially thorough the morning and the afternoon should see partial sunshine gradually breakout with the receding line of cloudiness exiting from south to north.

· Overnight modeling has cooled down Saturday where temperatures may hang only around the mid 60s to near 70 Saturday – so wee bit chilly.

· The rest of the 4th of July holiday weekend looking pretty good as temps rebound nicely with highs by Monday around 80.

TODAY : Lots of sunshine and beauty after morning fog. A high 75 to 80. Light west breeze. (5)

TONIGHT: Mostly clear. Patchy valley fog. A low near 55. Little wind. (5)

FRIDAY: Partly to mostly sunny skies give way to increasing late afternoon clouds. A rising chance for showers and a few thunderstorms later in the day. A high in the low 80s. South winds 10 mph. (4)

Looking further ahead…

FRIDAY NIGHT: Mainly cloudy. Showers and scattered thunderstorms, some with locally heavy rainfall in the evening, then turning partly to mostly cloudy with a few leftover showers overnight. A low near 60. (3)

SATURDAY: Scattered light mountain showers gradually giving way to partial mid afternoon sun. A bit chilly for this time of year. A high 65 to 70. (3)

SUNDAY: Sunshine mixing with a few clouds. A low around 50. A high in the mid 70s. (2)

MONDAY 4th of July: Filtered sunshine through high clouds at times. A low near 55. A high in the upper 70s to near 80. (2)

TUESDAY: Partly sunny. Widely scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms. A low in the mid 50s. A high 80 to 85. (2)

Average lows in the mid to upper 50s. Normal high 75 to near 80

(Confidence factor: 5 = Good predictability 1 = shaky modeling lowered confidence) RH/6-30

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