
Today I am honored to be the keynote speaker at RYLA at Camp Nakanawa! I’ll be speaking on being fearless of failure. Wish me luck!
LOCAL WEATHER
72-Hour Wx Summary
We’ll dodge a few isolated showers for today and tonight. That rain chance increases just a bit for Sunday. Once the front passes Sunday night, we’ll be set for a beautiful start to the new workweek.
MM’s Wx Vlog
This Week’s Hazards
Widespread hazardous weather is not expected for the next five days.
Five-Day Outlook

Five-Day Weather Forecast
Saturday: Continued partly sunny. Warmer. Slight chance showers.
Sunday: Chance showers and thunderstorms.
Monday & Tuesday: Mostly sunny and pleasant. Chilly overnight lows.
Wednesday: Continued sunny and pleasant.
Almanac

HISTORY
On This Day
1926 – The temperature at Yellowstone Park dipped to nine degrees below zero. It was the coldest reading of record in the U.S. during September. Severe freezes were widespread over the northwestern U.S. causing great crop destruction. In Washington State, Spokane County experienced their earliest snow of record. Harney Branch Experiment Station in Oregon reported a temperature of 2 degrees above zero to establish a state record for the month of September.
1950 – A smoke pall from western Canada forest fires covered much of the eastern U.S. Daylight was reduced to nighttime darkness in parts of the Northeast. The color of the sun varied from pink to purple, blue, or lavendar. Yellow to grey-tan was common.
REGIONALLY
Drought Outlook
As expected, drought conditions did worsen somewhat across the state with this week’s update. Expect this trend to continue for the rest of the month. For more info, please visit my link at https://meteorologistmark.com/drought-info/

NATIONALLY
Past 24-Hour Temperature Changes
Bluer colors represent colder temps from 24 hours ago, while redder colors indicate warmer temps from 24 hours ago.

Today’s High Temps & Departure from Average
Today’s high temps are shown below. The coloration indicates departure from average, with redder colors indicating above-average high temps and bluer colors indicating below-average high temps. White coloration indicates average temps.
Highest temp expected today: 108 degrees (red star)
Coolest high temp expected today: 38 degrees (blue star)

Tomorrow Morning’s Low Temps & Departure from Average
Tomorrow morning’s low temps are shown below. The coloration indicates departure from average, with redder colors indicating above-average low temps and bluer colors indicating below-average temps. White coloration indicates average temps expected.
Warmest overnight low expected: 88 degrees (red star)
Coolest overnight low expected: 24 degrees (blue star)

Hurricane Forecast
Tropical Storm Ian has winds of 45 mph this morning. The storm is expected to impact Florida by Wednesday and Wednesday night. The storm is expected to be at or near “major” hurricane status (winds greter than 115 mph) when it makes landfall.

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