You might be able to sneak a peek at the northern lights tonight
Temperatures peak into the low 90s for the end of the week and the heat will likely carryover into the weekend with slight storm chances on Sunday.
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A coronal mass ejection from the sun occurred yesterday, which is sending a plume of magnetic field energy toward Earth. This will allow the northern lights to possibly be seen a little further south tonight.
The Space Weather Prediction Center from NOAA issued a G3-Storm Watch, which means that there can be some minor/limited disruptions to technology that uses satellites like GPS and satellite radio, and that aurora can be seen as low as 50 degrees in latitude. The 50th parallel is essentially the USA-Canada border.
If this storm arrives stronger than modeled, then the chance for aurora can increase more for our area. This type of aurora may only be seen through cameras and not easily or at all with the naked eye. The weather will be cooperating with clear skies, so maybe periodically head outside with your cameras, point them north and see what happens.
Otherwise, as Glenn Frey introduced us to this catchy little tune way back in 1984, "The heat is on!" You sang it. You know you did. It's catchy. I told you.
But I digress - temperatures will soar tomorrow under mainly sunny skies. We will be flirting with a record as highs climb into the mid-90s. I'm going to call it a "pleasant heat." There will not be any humidity whatsoever, so if there is a breeze, it may even feel a little cooler than what is being reported on thermometers.
The warmth will carry us into the weekend. Saturday will be in the 90s under mainly sunny skies. Sunday looks warm as well. Sunday's warmth depends on cloud coverage. I can see the day being a mixed bag of clouds and sun with passing showers and an isolated thunderstorm. It will not be a washout, which we need, but the showers should be scarce enough to allow the afternoon highs to climb once again to near 90 degrees.
