The little bit of rain this morning ended our historic dry streak with 90 days straight at the Salem Airport with no measurable rain.

A big change in the weather pattern this week with showers dominating the forecast and highs struggling to reach 70.  Here’s your extended forecast:

Basically showery and cool through at least the first half of Saturday.

Second half of Saturday & Sunday should be dry.

Some of the showers this week could be heavy with a clap or two of thunder and some hail especially Tuesday & Wednesday.  Also very breezy at times.  It will feel like summer is coming to an end, but wait….

Take a glance at the forecast for much of next week:

It looks like summer will make a nice little comeback with highs back into the low 80s possible.  Still a long ways out so confidence isn’t as high, but indications are that next week will be much sunnier and drier.  Something to keep in mind if you have more outdoor projects to finish up.