FORECAST: Temperatures soar before storm chances increase for festival weekend

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FORECAST:

• A great start to this Thursday morning, but we are heating up more today.

• Temps soar to near 90 this afternoon (actually within 3 degrees of the record high of 91°!)

• About the same temps tomorrow as highs remain in the upper 80s.

• Storm chances start to return tomorrow but remain isolated in nature.

• The better rain chances come in this weekend with more widely scattered showers and storms.

• It won’t be a washout for the weekend, folks just need to be prepared for some downpours with lightning.

• Little to no severe weather threat. The active weather pattern lingers into next week.

• Temps cool back to near 80 Saturday and Sunday but more heat is coming back next week.

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