Marty’s Saturday Morning Forecast – Warm Weekend Ahead – 8/25/18

Today: Partly cloudy this morning, breezy with isolated showers and thunderstorms developing this afternoon. Storms today aren’t likely to be terribly strong, but the strongest cells over the mountains could produce localized downpours, gusty wind and frequent lightning. Thunderstorms over the plains will tend to produce gusty wind and lightning today, but probably only brief rainfall. High temperatures this afternoon will reach the 80s and 90s for the plains, mainly 70s over the mountains.

Tonight: Any evening thunderstorms will end, then mostly clear with low temperatures in the 50s and 60s for the plains, 40s and 50s over the mountains.

Extended: Spotty storms may again develop on Sunday, but starting Monday it appears storms will be few and far between for some time. Very warm and breezy through Monday, then cooler but still mostly dry on Tuesday. The air will begin to warm again through the end of the week. Overall we do not expect much rain for most areas, but slight chances for thunderstorms will exist over and near the mountains occasionally.