Forecast: Storms and showers are likely Thursday morning, with some possibly being severe

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Overview: Scattered showers and storms are likely tomorrow (Thursday) morning, and again later on, leaving us with a spectacular weekend.

Quick forecast:

Thursday: Partly sunny, highs around 90, early storms and showers likely, then chances for late storms and showers.

Thursday night: Mostly cloudy, lows in the low to mid-70s, chances for storms and showers.

Friday: Mostly sunny, highs in the low to mid-90s, windy.

Detailed forecast:

Thorugh tonight (Wednesday): Lows tonight will fall into the upper-60s to the lower-70s under increasingly cloudy skies with southeastern winds at 5-10 mph. Scattered showers and storms are also possible towards dawn. Confidence: Medium-High.

Tomorrow (Thursday): Some scattered storms and showers are likely before noon, with localized strong to severe storms possible as well under mostly cloudy skies. Afterward, skies should become partly sunny with muggy highs around 90. Showers and storms will become possible again from the mid-afternoon to evening into the overnight as winds come out of the south at 5-10 mph. Confidence: Medium.

Tomorrow night: Showers and storms become more likely as a cold front approaches. We could see some more severe storms as early as Thursday evening. The main threats are damaging winds, large hail, and even an isolated tornado can't be ruled out. Lows will be muggy and warm in the low to mid-70s under mostly cloudy skies with winds shifting to the west at around 5 mph. Confidence: Medium.

Friday: An early shower or storm could still linger into Friday morning, but otherwise we should see mostly sunny skies with lowering humidity. However, there will be a slight chance for an isolated afternoon shower or storm. Wind will pick up by midday and could gust at 25-35 mph out of the west as highs reach the low to mid-90s. Confidence: Medium.

Friday night: Clear skies and cooler lows in the low to mid-60s with western winds still gusting up to 20 mph. Confidence: Medium.

Saturday: It's a spectacular summer day with low humidity and highs near 80 under sunny skies. Winds from the northwest could still be a bit breezy and gust at 30-35 mph. Confidence: Medium-High.

Saturday: Lows cool off to around the mid-50s under mostly clear skies with waning northwest winds. Confidence: Medium-High.

Author: Jackson Hammack.

Sources: Capital Weather Gang, National Weather Service, Windy.

*Publishing notice: This will be the second-to-last forecast of this school year, so I intend on covering as far ahead as possible for tomorrow's (Thursday) forecast.