Seattle weather: Heating up Friday and this weekend

Seattle weather: Cloudy start to Thursday, sunshine in the afternoon

It will be a cloudy start to the day on Thursday with a possible early sprinkle, but sunshine will return by the afternoon. Highs will slowly warm up tomorrow, still cooler than average, but back to the low 70s.

SEATTLE - Sunshine will return Thursday afternoon, with comfortable high temperatures expected for the greater Puget Sound area.

Morning clouds and afternoon sunshine will be the pattern on Thursday, with temperatures back into the low 70s. It may take well into the late afternoon for some areas to break through the clouds.

What's next:

A ridge of high pressure will move over the Pacific Northwest starting Friday, sending temperatures into the 80s. Saturday will be very similar with sunny skies.

Conditions will heat up Tuesday and Wednesday next week with temperatures soaring into the 90s in some spots. Wednesday will likely be the hottest day of the year so far with highs exceeding 90 degrees.

Winds will shift to easterly next week, which will bring heightened wildfire concerns to the west slopes of the Cascades.

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