Here is your hot and stormy July Fourth weekend forecast
East sinks back into muggy meltdown
If you like your Fourth of July weekend hot, the weather will cooperate across most of the nation.
For rain chances, although the western third of the USA will be mainly dry, a few thunderstorms are forecast to rumble across portions of the central, eastern and southern USA. As is common in summer, an all-day washout isn’t likely in most locations, the Weather Channel said. Typical late-afternoon showers and storms are forecast each day in the South.
A round of storms will advance from the Midwest on Friday night and Saturday to the coastal Northeast on Sunday, AccuWeather said.
Tuesday, on the Fourth, rain could douse parades and fireworks in parts of the Midwest and possibly the Northeast, the Weather Channel said.
Afternoon thunderstorms are forecast in portions of the Southeast.
For most of the eastern USA, what will be most noticeable will be a sharp increase in humidity. “People in much of the East will be turning up their air conditioners and fans to help cope with the return of the steamy air, following cool and refreshing conditions of late,” AccuWeather meteorologist Kristina Pydynowski said.
East of the Appalachians, high temperatures in the upper 80s to mid-90s are expected through the weekend, the National Weather Service said.
Hot, windy and dry weather will be the main story in the western USA, which will exacerbate the wildfire danger there through the weekend.
Though some thunderstorms may be possible in the Rockies and points east, “most of the moisture will miss out on areas currently battling wildfires,” according to AccuWeather meteorologist Ryan Adamson.
One thing we won’t have to worry about this weekend is hurricanes: No tropical storms are expected in either the Atlantic or the Pacific for the next several days, the National Hurricane Center said.