Good Saturday and Happy 4th of July! The weather is always a big time player when it comes to Independence Day and this one is no different as showers and thunderstorms will try to rain on your fireworks. Let's get into it.

The recent chilly spell has been AMAZING! 4 days in a row now where temps have failed to reach 80 degrees across most of the area is a heck of a stat. I will be looking through the record books when I have to time to see when the last time that happened.

Now to today's holiday weather. The start of the day will feature clouds increasing across the tri state. Many areas are likely to see some sun into early afternoon and this will boost temps toward 80. That will mainly be the case across the south and east as that's the area likely to see the most sun. Thermometers to the north and west may struggle back into the 70s. Basically... temps today are all about clouds verses sun!

How about the rain chances? Well... they will be on the increase quickly from northwest to southeast later this afternoon into the evening hours. A cluster of showers and storms will develop to our northwest and will push our way and the timing of the heaviest rains and storms will be right around fireworks time for many areas. Take a look at the radar forecast from the NAM...



As you can see... the first half of the day looks pretty good with only some scattered stuff possible in the north. Then it goes downhill pretty quickly. Heavy rains and strong storms will be possible and you can track the showers and storms here...



Will we get any strong or severe storms? Possibly and you can follow the latest from the Storm Prediction Center here...



I am more concerned with the torrential rain threat this evening into the overnight and that's something the blog will be watching closely.

Sunday looks to be another cool day as morning showers and storms leave some clouds around that will keep temps down. There is a chance we see temps near Thursday readings. Tha NAM seems to think we will be cooler than that...

Sunday Afternoon


I will try to update the blog as needed today so make sure to check back. I will leave you with this...

 

Happy 4th of July and take care.