It’s going to feel like summer the next few days. Here’s how hot it’s likely to be
If you think the weather was pleasant on Wednesday wait until you see Thursday ... and Friday and Saturday.
Wednesday’s high in Tacoma reached 62. Thursday’s high is forecast to be in the mid-70s, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Jacob DeFlitch. The reason: A high pressure ridge building over Western Washington.
“We’re going to start warming up more rapidly beginning tomorrow,” DeFlitch said Wednesday. “And then on Friday, we’re going to warm up further.”
Highs on both Friday and Saturday are forecast to be in the low 80s in the Tacoma area.
Meanwhile, records could be set in Olympia where it’s going to be even hotter. Friday’s forecast high of 86 degrees is just under the record 87 set in 2020.
Temperatures begin dropping Sunday to a more normal spring day, DeFlitch said. Highs will be in the low to mid-70s. The mercury drops even further on Monday with highs back to the mid-60s.
Head to the beach
Friday is beach day.
Hoquiam and Quileute could reach the mid-80s on Friday. The coast will begin cooling off on Saturday.
“So probably the warmest days on the coast are going to be Thursday and Friday,” DeFlitch said.
Further south in Long Beach, highs could reach around 70 on Friday and 60 on Saturday but skies are forecast to be sunny.
From snow to sun
As recently as Monday, snow was falling at elevations above 4,000 feet in the Cascades, DeFlitch said. Winter now appears to be over.
“It’s gonna be hard to find much of the way of cloud cover beginning (Thursday),” DeFlitch said. Clouds might return on Sunday, but the skies will still be mostly sunny.
