Possible Shower Wednesday Morning

A couple of blogs ago I told you about the potential for some light rain on Wednesday morning, but it was a very small chance. Then the computers backed away from this idea. Well, now it’s back in some of the forecasts. And to be up front, it’s still only about a 10% chance of rain.  But I wanted to give you a heads up.

We’re going to have some warm weather today (Monday) and especially tomorrow, when temperatures warm into the lower and even mid 90s. This will create a rather unstable (but dry) atmosphere. A weak cool front will then drop our temperatures back into the 80s for the remainder of the week.  But this front could spark off a few showers and thunderstorms early Wednesday morning.  

Again, most of the computers don’t expect this to happen.  But here’s what one computer thinks will be happening around 2am Wednesday.  

If you look closely, those small green blobs around the Spokane area are showers and thunderstorms.  Don’t get wrapped up about the exact timing and placement.  They could be a little north of south of this forecast.  There won’t be a lot of them.  Also, they will be high in the atmosphere, so there won’t be much rain from them.  But if one drifts right over your hay bales, it could wet them with a few hundredths of an inch.

Previously I’d also mentioned that dew will be hard to find on Wednesday morning. The clouds and breezes will keep our temperature from dropping into the 40s that morning.  Thursday morning probably won’t be much better.  So if you need dew for baling, tomorrow (Tuesday) and Friday morning are your best bets.  

Next week we’re looking at a stretch of hot weather, possibly triple digits.  But this also brings with it the chance of some monsoonal moisture (from the desert southwest) working its way into our area.  We’ll keep an eye on it.