Today we slowly switch gears from cold and showery spring weather and ease into more summer-like weather with highs Wednesday 65 to 70 degrees and low 80s on Thursday, near 90 degrees on Friday and at least upper 80s on Saturday. I think Mother’s Day on Sunday will be warm and dry with highs hovering around the 80-degree mark or so.
We already had a run of five days with highs in the 70s back in March so now we face the possibility of at least four days in a row of highs of 80 degrees or better. Considering our average high now is 67 degrees, the warm-to-hot weather will be out of sorts for early to mid-May.
With a forecast high of near 90 degrees Friday will we be close to the record high? Yep. The record high for May 10 is 89 degrees in 1941. The record high for this Saturday is a bit warmer at 91 degrees, recorded in 1997. With an offshore flow of easterly winds, we may tie or break one of those. We’ll see about new records, but it will be hot so make your plans accordingly.
Forget heading to the local lakes and rivers to cool off. With the upcoming rapid snowmelt, rivers will be extremely cold and dangerous for wading or swimming. You’ll hear advisories about that later this week.
