Afternoon showers? If we’re lucky
Your lawn and flower beds probably will be even more parched after one more week of temperatures well into the 90s.
There’s only a slight chance that those plants will get a drink Sunday without help from you or a sprinkler system. In fact, that will be true most of the week.
The high will climb to near 97 degrees Sunday, with partly cloudy skies and a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. But it will feel even hotter with a heat index of 100 degrees or so, according to the National Weather Service.
That 30 percent chance of showers or thunderstorms will continue tonight, with the temperature dropping to about 74 degrees.
Monday the chance of rain falls to 20 percent, and the heat index rises to 101 degrees, although the actual high will be near 98 degrees and the low around 76.
Tuesday will bring a better chance for showers. The forecast calls for a partly sunny sky, a high near 97 and a 40 percent chance of precipitation.
The chance for a good drenching will drop back to 30 percent Tuesday night with a low of about 74 degrees.
Similar conditions will continue through Friday, when the high is expected to reach 94 and the low around 73.
Karen Sullivan: 704-358-5532, @Sullivan_kms
This story was originally published July 19, 2015 at 1:32 PM with the headline "Afternoon showers? If we’re lucky."