The holiday that celebrates the nation’s birth and its red, white and blue could be accompanied on Friday in North Texas by clouds and scattered showers.
There’s a 30% chance of scattered showers in Dallas-Fort Worth during the morning and first half of the day, according to the National Weather Service.
But rain chances are expected to decrease by night, and won’t return until overnight, the weather service said. That means nighttime fireworks should not be affected by wet weather.
The holiday will be warm and possibly a little muggy with seasonably warm high temperatures in the low 90s before the mercury dips to the upper 70s overnight. High temperatures this week have dropped, as much of North Texas logged spotty showers and lots of clouds.
D-FW Weather Wise
Despite the appearance of rain this week, so far, the amount of rain is less than in previous years. The 30-year average of June precipitation is 3.7 inches, significantly more than the 2.2 inches the Dallas-Fort Worth area experienced last month.
There’s no severe weather expected on Fourth of July, but bringing an umbrella along during festivities might save you from a brief moment of rainfall.
The latest Dallas weather forecast from KXAS-TV (NBC5):
FRIDAY (FOURTH OF JULY): Warm, breezy and muggy with a 30% chance of showers and storms. Low: 76. High: 93. Wind: S 10-20 mph.
SATURDAY: Partly cloudy and warm. Low: 77. High: 93. Wind: S 10-15 mph.
SUNDAY: Mostly cloudy with a 20% chance of showers and thunderstorms. Low: 77. High: 92. Wind: S 5-10 mph.
MONDAY: Partly cloudy and seasonably hot. Low: 76. High: 94. Wind: S 5-10 mph.
TUESDAY: Partly cloudy and hot. Low: 78. High: 96. Wind: S 5-10 mph.
WEDNESDAY: Partly cloudy and hot. Low: 77. High: 97. Wind: S 5-10 mph.