· One of the more humid and steamy stretches for later today and tonight’s are just ahead over the next 36 hours before refreshingly cooler less humid air moves in a northwesterly breeze Friday afternoon.

· The cool front will deliver scattered showers and thunderstorms after 3 or 4 PM lasting into a portion of this evening. Please practice lightning safety.

· A brief bubble of high pressure will bring nice weather much of Saturday until yet another frontal system moves in Saturday night and lingers into early Sunday. Then it’s a repeat with cooler less humid air Sunday afternoon and night

· A very brief shot of autumn like weather will be with us for Monday with mid 40s in some places Monday morning.

· Temperatures once again warm up and its gets humid toward middle part of next week, followed by drier conditions again.

TODAY: Partly sunny then more clouds later this afternoon. Warm and muggy. Widely scattered late afternoon showers and a few thunderstorms. A high in the middle 80s. Southeast breeze 10 mph. (5)

TONIGHT: Mainly cloudy. Scattered showers and possible thunderstorms. Rather sultry with a low in the upper 60s. Light west winds. (5)

FRIDAY: Chance for a leftover mountain sprinkle, then increasing amounts of sunshine. Becoming breezy and much less humid. A high near 80. Northwest breeze 10 mph. (5)

Looking further ahead…

FRIDAY NIGHT: Clear early then turning partly cloudy. A low in the upper 50s. (4)

SATURDAY: Partial morning sun, then more afternoon clouds. A bit more muggy with a high 75 to 80. (3)

SUNDAY: Considerable clouds with scattered morning showers exiting toward mid day. Intervals of afternoon sun. A low near 65. Cooler and much less humid in the afternoon with a high around 75. (2)

MONDAY: Morning fog, then partly to mostly sunny and gorgeous. A low in the mid 40s. A high 70 to 75. (2)

TUESDAY: Mostly sunny & a beauty after morning fog. A low 50 to 55. A high in the low 80s. (2)

WEDNESDAY: Becoming mostly cloudy and muggy. Scattered showers maybe a thunderstorm. A low 60 to 65. A high in the 70s. (2)

Average lows in the low 50s. Normal high in the low 70s.

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

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