Rowan weather: Same old thing

Published 9:02 am Wednesday, September 11, 2019

We’re now into our third Code Orange Air Quality Action Day, and the prediction is conditions will remain the same for Thursday and Friday.

The alert is from 10 a.m.-8 p.m. The air is unhealthy, especially for people with heart or lung disease, small children and active adults.

It is also a Code Yellow air quality day for particle pollution again.

Patchy fog started the morning, and it will be mostly cloudy, with clearing skies later today. The high will be 93, with light wind. Tonight will be mostly clear and 69, with calm wind.

Thursday will be sunny and 94, with north wind around 5 mph. A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms is possible, mainly after 5 p.m. Less than a tenth of an inch of rain is expected.

Thursday night will also have a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 9 p.m. It will be partly cloudy and 69, with calm wind. Less than a tenth of an inch of rain is expected, with higher amounts in thunderstorms.

Friday will have a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 9 a.m. It will be mostly sunny and 86, with calm wind becoming east around 6 mph in the afternoon.

The chance of showers and storms Friday night will be 30 percent, with storms before 4 a.m., then shower. It will be mostly cloudy and 68.

Saturday will be partly sunny and 85, with a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 10 a.m. Saturday night will be mostly cloudy and 67.

Sunday will be partly sunny and 87, with a low of 67 and mostly cloudy skies.

Monday will be partly sunny and 87, with a 30 percent chance of showers. The same chance of showers is possible Monday night, when it will be mostly cloudy and 66.

Tuesday will be partly sunny and 87 again, with a 30 percent chance of showers.