Forecast Last Updated at Tuesday, August 14, 2018 at 5:39PM

Mostly Clear & Pleasant Evening

The pleasantries continue through Wednesday as high pressure remains the dominating theme for a change. Expect lots of sunshine and seasonal to seasonally warm temperatures tomorrow. We'll dip our toes into the "widely scattered" afternoon shower regime Thursday followed by an increase in coverage Friday and this weekend.

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Tuesday Hi: 72 Lo: 59 Mostly clear; Light NW wind

Wednesday Hi: 74 Lo: 60 AM valley fog; Lots of sunshine; A tad warmer; Light wind

Thursday Hi: 74 Lo: 62 Partly sunny; Hit-or-miss afternoon showers and thundershowers; Warm; Light SW wind

Friday Hi: 72 Lo: 63 Partly sunny; Scattered PM thunder

Saturday Hi: 71 Lo: 63 Partly to mostly cloudy; Scattered PM showers & t-storms

Further Out

Sunday - Mix of clouds & sunshine; Scattered afternoon showers and t-storms; High in the lower 70s; Low in the lower 60s
Monday - Partly sunny; Hit-or-miss afternoon showers and thundershowers; High in the lower 70s; Low in the lower 60s

Forecast Discussion

The first three days of this work week are about as quiet as we've experienced in a month. Or at least it feels like a month. High pressure rules the roost with lots of sunshine and seasonably warm temperatures. There's a "cannot fully rule out" mention of a stray shower for early this evening, but I omitted it from the forecast box.

Moisture begins to pool Thursday ahead of a front that knocks on the door this weekend. The front never makes it hear, but stalls to our north Saturday and Sunday. Therefore showers begin to ramp-up Thursday afternoon followed by increasing coverage Friday and this weekend with the front in the vicinity of the region. It's a pretty typical playbook for August. Clouds and showers will keep temperatures down a notch, more or less in-line with mid August standards.

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