Tom Ackerman

Our storm chance slowly diminishes going into the weekend but never really goes away. Stay weather aware Friday into Saturday, even though coverage will be limited, a few strong to severe storms are still possible. We'll end up partly to mostly cloudy, hot and muggy Friday with highs in the upper 80s around 90°. The stalled front that's been the focus for our daily rounds of showers and storms this week lingers this weekend. Watch for a few late day showers and storms Friday, overnight and into Saturday mainly across northeastern counties closer to that boundary. Damaging wind and heavy rain remain the primary threats. Beyond the active weather, this weekend is trending hot and steamy with highs in the low 90s Saturday and mid 90s Sunday. With muggy air blanketing the Commonwealth the heat index will max out in the triple digits.

After one last round of showers and storms (gusty wind and heavy rain) blows through Monday morning, likely weakening as it tracks east, your Stormtracker forecast settles down for a couple of days. Highs will fall to the mid to upper 80s, near normal with the oppressive humidity also backing off a bit Tuesday. We're still dry Wednesday with highs pushing 90°, but another cold front will spark more showers and storms and drop highs to the low to mid 80s through the end of the week.

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We're finally calming down Tuesday as high pressure briefly builds in from the northwest. We'll see partly to mostly sunny skies with highs in the mid 80s and lower humidity. Wednesday looks good too but expect increasing clouds and isolated late day showers with highs still in the mid 80s. Another round of gusty showers and storms will blow through Wednesday night into Thursday morning, setting us up for what could be a halfway decent weekend.

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