After a heat wave hit the Pacific Northwest over the weekend, rain is expected to bring those temperatures back down on Monday, forecasters said.
Meanwhile, the West Coast will get warmer temperatures throughout the region with some locations reaching 10 to 20 degrees above average, the National Weather Service said.
Here’s what to know about Monday’s weather forecast:
Rain brings cooler weather to the Northwest
It’s been over a decade since Seattle reached 90 degrees in May, but there’s a chance the city could reach it on Monday with highs expected to be around 90 degrees.
“If Seattle were able to reach 90 this month, it would be a rather rare feat for the city,” AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Tom Kines said.
But the heat wave is short-lived, with cities across the Northwest can expect to get rain on Monday, including in Seattle.
“High pressure will dominate the pattern and for the most part, but still, a retrograding storm will bring in the potential for afternoon thundershowers,” AccuWeather Meteorologist La Troy Thornton said. “Locations that get them will see brief cooling during the day, thanks to the clouds and precipitation.”
Temperatures in the 80s are expected to return by the end of the week.
Warmer temperatures in the West Coast
The West Coast is expected to get warmer weather this week, which extends across the Intermountain West and into the Rockies. Temperatures will reach 10 to 20 degrees above normal Monday and Tuesday across the coast, the weather service said.
The Northern Plains and Upper Midwest will also get above-average temperatures Monday that will extend to the south on Tuesday.
Thunderstorms across central US
The Central and Southern Plains and mid-Mississippi Valley will continue to see thunderstorms into Monday morning after “energy in the upper levels of the atmosphere” interacted with a moist air mass.
“Some of these storms may become strong to severe, producing large hail damaging winds, as well as heavy to excessive rainfall,” the weather service said.
