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In Brief:
Rain will continue through Sunday afternoon (maybe finally tapering off around 1-3pm). We quickly dry out and rise back to the 80's F. That begins our warm-up to real heat in the lower 90's F (our first 90°+ F day) Thursday. There is a hint of things cooling a bit at the end of next weekend into next week with increasing afternoon thundershowers.
Forecast Discussions:
Rain, heavy at times, continue off and on overnight Saturday into Sunday tapering off in the afternoon. Figure 1 is the rain coverage around midnight Saturday/Sunday. Figure 2 is Sunday later afternoon. Some showers will be possible in places.
Weatherunderground.com gives us about 1/3rd inch more rainfall after 6pm Saturday - but a thundershower will quickly dump more than that (Figure 2).
The HRRR gives us 0.1 to 0.25 inch of rain by 7 a.m, Sunday. The GEM model gives us 0.75 to 1 inch more for the remaining storm through Sunday evening (Figure 5). The higher elevations still pick up 1-2 inches above around 9500 feet and up to 3 inches at the highest elevations (Figure 6).
The Longer Range Forecast:
The long range is quite boring now - with 80's F returning Monday with our first 90°+ F day most likely being Thursday. That heat wave should begin to wane at the start of next-next week (Figure 3).
