Rowan weather: Warm and muggy

Published 7:49 am Monday, June 17, 2019

The heat and humidity have returned after a nice weekend. Along with that are a chance of storms and Code Yellow air quality for ozone for at least the next three days.

Today will be mostly sunny and 89, with light southwest wind increasing to 8-10 mph and gusting as high as 20 mph. We’ll have a 30% chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1 p.m. Less than a tenth of an inch of rain is expected, with higher amounts in thunderstorms.

Tonight will still have a 30% chance of showers and storms through midnight. It will be partly cloudy and 70, with calming southwest wind. Less than a tenth of an inch of rain is expected.

Tuesday will be partly sunny and 87, with south southwest wind around 8 mph. We’ll have an 80% chance of showers and storms after 4 p.m. A tenth to quarter inch of rain is possible, with more in thunderstorms.

Tuesday night will also have a 60% chance of showers and storms, with most storms before 5 a.m. It will be mostly cloudy and 69, with southwest wind calming in the evening. Another tenth to quarter inch of rain is possible.

The chance of showers and storms goes down to 40% Wednesday, mainly after 10 a.m. It will be partly sunny and 86, with west southwest wind around 5 mph.

Wednesday night will have just a 30% chance of showers and storms, tapering off after midnight. The low will be 69, with partly cloudy skies.

Thursday brings a 60% chance of showers, then showers and storms after 11 a.m. It will be partly sunny and 87. The same chance of rain is possible Thursday night, with a low of 6 and mostly cloudy skies.

We get a break from the rain for the weekend. Friday will be mostly sunny and 86. The low will be 66, with mostly clear skies.

The high Saturday, with mostly sunny skies, will be 88. The low will be 69.

Sunday should be mostly sunny and 90.