Amazing Monsoon 2018 day yesterday! Almost everyone getting in on the action. There was hail, big time rain, vivid lightning and generally tons of Monsoon fun. Storm action winding down this week, but still a chance for a storm or three this afternoon. Hopefully near you. Today’s high 5 degrees below the average of 97. Upper 60s right now on the deck and we’ll do that again tomorrow morning. So nice. Low 90s tomorrow with a slight chance for a storm. Mid 90s with sunshine Wednesday. Upper 90s Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Mid 90s Sunday. Enjoy!

Yesterday was fun! Some folks got decent rain as the definition of scattered storms popped up across the Metro. If you didn’t get rained on you can hold out hope for this afternoon and tonight! Our system to the north will creep a bit more south today giving us an enhanced chance for showers and storms, hopefully near you. Temperatures will be quite pleasant for this time of year with highs in the low 90s and lows near 70 expected through Tuesday. Drier air returns after that with mid 90s Wednesday and  10% chance for storms. Mostly sunny Thursday and Friday upper 90s. Upper 90s Saturday with a 10% chance for storms.

In Meteorology the Fall Months are September, October and November. So. Welcome to Fall! Summer and Monsoon 2018 not giving up quite so easily yet. Moisture is here and a trailing trough from a storm passing to our north should spark a few storms today and especially tomorrow night. Hopefully near you! Storm chances linger into Labor Day before we dry out for much of next week. Monsoon starts to wind down in September as we know. But. We may still have our moments before we are done!

Mostly sunny today with a 20% chance for storms starting perhaps as early as 11:00 this morning with storm chances into the evening hours. High in the upper 90s. Low in the low 70s.

Mostly sunny tomorrow with just a 10% chance for afternoon storms, but a 40% chance tomorrow night! High in the mid 90s. Low in the upper 60s!

20%/10% Labor Day low 90s. Mostly sunny Tuesday mid 90s. 10%/10% Wednesday mid 90s. Mostly sunny Thursday upper 90s. 10% Friday mid 90s. Enjoy!

It’s Friiidaaay!!!

It’s also the last day of August. Weird! Another also is Meteorologically speaking September is the first month of Fall. Tucson tends to hang on to Summer longer than most, so we’ll plan on that. The good news is the National Weather Service outlook for September is calling for above average rainfall for Arizona. Hopefully that comes true! Viva Monsoon 2018! She hasn’t left us for good yet.

Dewpoints in the low 60s this morning and we’ll likely hold on to enough moisture into the evening for a slight chance of an isolated storm or two, hopefully near you. Otherwise mostly sunny today with a high near 99.

Tomorrow looks interesting. A pacific system moving through mainly to our north will be close enough to pull in more moisture from the south and provide some extra lift. We’ll go with a partly cloudy Saturday with a 40% chance for afternoon storms and a high in the mid 90s. 30% chance for storms tomorrow night low 70s.

20%/20% Sunday mid 90s. 20%/10% Labor Day mid 90s. Mostly sunny Tuesday mid 90s. 20%/10% Wednesday mid 90s. 10% Thursday mid 90s. Enjoy!

That escalated quickly! Monsoon 2018 loves us! She really really loves us! Outflow from storms overnight in Mexico have brought us increased moisture and some cloud cover this morning. So. We have a slight chance of storms back in the forecast! Just a 10% today, tonight through tomorrow night, but you are saying there’s a chance. High near 99 today and 100ish tomorrow.

Then a system approacheth from the west giving us a southerly flow to pull up moisture from the south plus energy and wind shear (different wind directions at different elevations in the atmosphere) will not only increase our chance for storms, but some of them may be severe. Call it a 40% chance for afternoon storms Saturday and a 30% chance for evening storms and a high in the mid 90s.

Scattered storms Sunday with a high in the mid 90s. 20% chance Labor Day mid 90s. 10% Tuesday mid 90s. 20% Wednesday mid 90s. Viva Monsoon 2018!