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Sunshine could give way to weekend showers




After several days of sunshine early in the week, I expect the rain chances to go back up from Thursday through Sunday to about 40% each day.

High temperatures will mostly be 88 to 90 and that will continue through the first week of September as well as above-normal precipitation. Many storms on an August afternoon can dump an inch of rain in less than an hour and we have seen lots of those around the counties for the past couple of weeks.

The Farmers Almanac had a great article about how 0ccasionally you will see a halo around the Moon at night and did you ever wonder if it means anything on what kind of weather is coming.

I learned about this when I first started studying meteorology and we do get rain about 70% of the time. A lunar halo is caused by the refraction and reflection of light through ice particles suspended within wispy, high altitude cirrus or cirrostratus clouds. A lunar halo is often the precursor of impending unsettled weather, especially during the winter months. Cirrus and Cirrostratus clouds generally precede rain and storm systems. So watch the night sky — and keep the umbrella handy!

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