Weather for Monday, May 1, 2023
Fire from a planned burn consumes corn stubble on a field northeast of Moses Lake not far from the intersection of Road L NE and Road 5 NE.
Charles H. Featherstone
Monday: A 30% ance of showers before 11 a.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 75. Southwest wind around 6 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. Monday night should see a 20% chance of showers after 11 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 83, while Tuesday night should be partly cloudy, with a low around 56.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 86. Wednesday night is forecast a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low of around 56. The chance of precipitation is 20%.
Thursday: A 20% chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 78, while Thursday night should see a 40% chance of showers and mostly cloudy, with a low around 50.
Friday: A 30% chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 67.
On Friday, the Nation Weather Service issues a special weather statement for parts of Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho, saying that warm temperatures will continue through much of next week with an extended period of rises on rivers and small streams. Rainfall from showers and thunderstorms will exacerbate the higher flows with many rivers nearing or exceeding their banks by mid-next week.
The NWS statement added that is uncertain how widespread the chance of thunderstorms will be each day this week. Still, any thunderstorms that develop will be slow-moving with the potential of producing heavy downpours and isolated large hail. Heavy rain could lead to flash flooding or debris flows particularly in areas of steep terrain or near burn scars.
Source: National Weather Service