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Good Sunday to one and all. Our 4th of July holiday weekend is winding down and the weather has not been what many people wanted. Rain fell across the tri state Saturday making for a cool and damp Independence Day. Soggy fireworks aren't much fun!

But it is time to start looking ahead and we do that with the headlines...

1. Today will see showers on and off across the region. The greatest threat will be across the east and south. Here is radar for your Sunday tracking needs..

2. Temps will be cool yet again with everyone staying in the 70s. I say everyone staying in the 70s.... but I should clarify that some spots may not even hit 70 because of clouds and showers. The best chance will be in the east.

3. Most thermometers still have not hit 80 degrees this month and that is something that should make you go WOW!!! Here we are on the 5th day of the warmest month of the year and we can't get out of the 70s. Today will make it 6 (last day of june) in a row for temps below 80 for most areas. This marks the coolest start to July since 1976.

4. If you are playing along at home.... 1976 was also a year where we had 90s in April and was transitioning from La Nina to El Nino. The winter that followed was legendary. Just sayin'!

5. Back to reality now. Temps early in the new week will actually crack 80 degrees!! Monday and Tuesday look pretty good right now with sunshine, temps in the low 80s and fairly low humidity levels.

6. The heat ridge in the west will TRY to nose in here for a few days by the end of the week into next weekend. This could send our temps toward 90 with an increase in humidity levels that can lead to some scattered storms.

7. Breaking News... the heat won't hold! That same heat ridge will head back to the west as a trough digs in across the eastern US. This will likely bring our temps back toward normal or below and should take us back toward a stormy pattern.

I will have a more expansive post later tonight so make sure you check back in. Have a great Sunday and take care.