The summer is off to a rather nonchalant start. We are experiencing average summer temperatures and we haven’t had any crazy thunderstorms or rains to talk about for a while. We are actually running dry around here, behind by almost 2 inches for the month! The week ahead is much like last week; some rain, some heat, but nothing extreme. Temperatures will remain mostly in the 80s, but we will flirt with or surpass 90 on a couple of the days.

We have a few chances for rain this week but none look big. Thunderstorms are likely on Friday with a front, and light rain is possible Saturday night and Sunday. I’ll be monitoring these rain opportunities but right now these events look more like something to yawn about than worry about.

We start the forecast on Wednesday on a warm note as temperatures climb through the 80s with sunshine. Showers and clouds clear out in the morning.

Thursday will be warm and sunny with temperatures in the upper 80s.

Friday brings chances of morning and afternoon thunderstorm. Of course, it won’t be raining the entire day so the sun may make an appearance or two.

Temperatures try to pop to 90 degrees on Saturday as clouds increase later in the day. Light rain will try to move into the area in the late evening.

Sunday looks wet at least for the first half of the day. It also looks to be the “coolest” day of the week as temperatures struggle to get to 80.

Monday and Tuesday will be the hottest days of the week; temperatures at 90 or more both days with sunshine and no rain to cool us off. These are the dog days of summer indeed!

 The weather winner of the week is the Wednesday; the weather loser is Tuesday (too hot!).