Beautiful Weekend on Tap

Another beautiful and warm week was enjoyed across the region this week. Temperatures were generally above normal for the past week and Thursday's thunderstorms brought much needed rainfall for many. A cool front has moved through the area bringing lower humidity to the area.  Above normal temperatures will move back into the area over the weekend before much cooler air returns next week.  

The cool front that moved through the area yesterday has moved to the south and east today. An air mass with lower humidity has settled over the area. Local temperatures have not cooled behind the front as clear skies have allowed the strong June sun to produce high temperatures in the lower and middle eighties (80's). Severe thunderstorms accompanied the front as it moved through the Southeast.

The local area will experience a dry and very warm weekend with high temperatures in the middle to upper 80's on Saturday and Sunday.  A heat wave will begin in earnest over the Southwest as high pressure becomes establish over the Four Corners region. By Sunday the Desert Southwest will see temperatures approach one hundred and fifteen (115). Also severe thunderstorms will be possible across the Northern Plains as a strong cool front moves into the region.

On Monday the strong cool front will be moving into the Great Lakes region.  Showers and thunderstorms, some severe, will accompany its passage. High temperatures should reach the lower nineties (90's) before the front moves through the local area. The heat wave will peak across the Southwest with temperatures approaching the one hundred twenty (120) degree mark.  On Tuesday much cooler air will arrive to the local area with high temperatures remaining in the seventies (70's). 

On Wednesday and Thursday cool high pressure will be in firm control of the local area's weather.  Conditions will remain dry and cool with high temperatures in the lower and middle seventies (70's)

By next Friday high pressure will move to the east allowing warm air to return to the area. A storm system will be organizing over the Plains with showers and thunderstorms.