The 80s are making a comeback this week.
Before you get too excited, we’re talking temperatures—not the decade—so go ahead and put that neon shirt back in storage. (Besides, with the sunny skies promised a few days ago coming to fruition, it’ll be bright enough as it is.)
Our foray into warm weather begins tomorrow, as strong mid-summer sunshine—coupled with a lack of morning clouds—propels us to right about the 80-degree mark. Should Seattle make it to 80 (it’s possible we could fall a degree or two shy), it’ll mark the first time we’ve done so in two weeks. (As pathetic as that sounds, it was worst last summer—July featured a 17-day stretch with highs 79 or lower.)
Thursday will be a notch warmer, leading to widespread highs in the low 80s throughout Puget Sound. At this point, it doesn’t look like it’ll be quite balmy enough to displace July 8 as the year’s warmest day (at 83 degrees)—but it’ll be close. Overnight lows both Thursday and tomorrow will drop into the upper 50s.
On Friday, a decent marine push will make for a much cooler, cloudier morning. By lunchtime, the clouds should burn back to the coast, as sunshine takes hold. Temperatures, however, will take a hit, with highs falling several degrees below Thursday’s. The same holds true for Saturday, with another round of morning clouds keeping Seattle squarely in the 70s.
As in degrees Fahrenheit, mind you. Now get that disco ball out of here.
