Weather for Monday, May 22
STAFF REPORT | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 1 year, 10 months AGO
Smoky skies over a hill and worked fields between Soap Lake and Wilson Creek on Saturday. The smokey haze is being produced by wildfires in Western Canada.
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Monday: The workweek will begin sunny with a high around 73 and a 13-15 mph west wind with gusts of 23 mph. Cooling to around 46 in the evening and breezy.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny with a high near 74. Cooling in the evening to about 52. The evening will be partly cloudy.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny with a high near 77. Partly cloudy in the evening with a low around 56.
Thursday: Mostly sunny with a high near 82. Partly cloudy in the evening with a low of about 57.
Friday: Mostly sunny with a high near 83.
SOURCE: National Weather Service
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