Good Wednesday, folks. It’s a true summer pattern delivering late June temperatures to our region. It looks like the overall pattern continues to be skewed warmer than normal, as we track an increase in showers and thunderstorms.

Highs today can hit the low 80s with a mix of sun and clouds with just a small chance for a shower or thunderstorm.

A better chance for, at least, scattered showers and thunderstorms rolls in Thursday into early Friday. The Hi-Res NAM simulated radar…

NAM

Temps will still be in the 70s for both days.

The weekend forecast still looks good with partly sunny skies and warming temps. Highs on Saturday are in the 70s, with an 80 possible by Sunday. A word of caution about Saturday, there is the chance this Friday system slows down enough to cause some showers to linger.

The pattern will slowly ramp up the storm chances into next week and beyond. The GFS two week rain forecast…

GFS Rain

The WeatherBELL European Ensemble Mean rainfall numbers offer a similar look with an active pattern from the plains into our region…

Euro 2

Enjoy your day and take care.