A Perfect July 4th Weekend in the Pacific Northwest

With an extreme heat watch over much of the central and northeast U.S., including temperatures reaching near 100 F (see below), it is good to know that the weather over the Northwest will be near perfect over the holiday weekend.

Temperatures will rise into the mid-70s in Seattle on Friday through Sunday, while temperatures in eastern Washington will reach about 90F.  

A forecast map of surface air temperatures around 8 PM on Saturday, July 4,  shows the mild temperatures in western Washington, with reasonable warmth in the Columbia Basin.     Cool in the mountains.

No worries about precipitation on July 4th, as illustrated by 3-h precipitation totals ending 11 PM that day (below).

Obscuring clouds on Independence Day?    Here is the cloud prediction for 5 PM Saturday.   Mostly clearly, except for high terrain in the Olympics.

To make things even better, the cool/wet conditions this week have made regional fuels less flammable, reducing fire risk this weekend (when all kinds of crazy fireworks activity will occur).   See the predicted ERC and Fuel Moisture values below.  There are no reds (serious risk) and only some marginal values (orange).

  But please be careful.