The National Weather Service forecasts a dynamic shift in weather patterns for Phoenix, AZ, as residents are likely to experience showers and thunderstorms throughout the upcoming days. With an 88°F clear sky now, the city prepares for a 30 percent chance of overnight showers and thunderstorms, particularly after 5 a.m., and a partly cloudy sky with a low around 77.
According to Friday's forecast, the likelihood of showers and thunderstorms increases to 60%, mainly before 11 a.m., the transition brings a mostly cloudy day with a high near 92 and southeast winds that shift west in the afternoon, sometimes gusting as high as 20 mph, there's an expected rainfall amount between a quarter and half an inch. The unpredictability continues into Friday night, where there is a 40% chance of showers and thunderstorms and a low around 73.
The weather service, as posted on its website, indicates a pattern of showers and possible thunderstorms extending into the weekend with a 30% chance on Saturday and an equally uncertain Saturday night. Phoenix's skies remain partly sunny during the day with a high near 90, but the nightly forecast suggests showers may disrupt the mostly cloudy evening along with a tepid southwest wind that shifts southeast after midnight.
Sunday's forecast somewhat brightens with a slight 20% chance of early showers and thunderstorms before landfalling into a sunny day with a high near 89, the wind takes a light eastern shift, becoming southwest in the afternoon the calm persists into Sunday night with a low around 72. The coming work week kicks off with a sunny Monday reaching a high near 93; calm winds will then veer east, according to the extended weather report.
Phoenicians can expect a continuation of clear skies and an escalating warmth as the new week progresses. Tuesday will bring sunshine and reach a high near 96, while Wednesday follows closely with a high near 95; each day carries a slightly shifting breeze that will alternate from easterly in the mornings to southwesterly by the afternoons. The report wraps up with another sunny prediction for Thursday, with calm winds and temperatures inching closer to the 100-mark, anticipating a high near 97.
