GILLETTE, Wyo. — A potentially rainy day is on tap for Gillette.
The National Weather Service in Rapid City, South Dakota, has forecast a 40% chance for rain all day long today. That will come with a tempered high of 62 degrees. By this evening, rain chances fall to around 20% and the low will drop to 46 degrees.
This almost fall-like day will be a false start on the next season as temperatures should gradually warm up over the weekend and into next week.
A partly sunny Friday is expected to bring a high of 72. Clouds will fill the sky as nightfall comes and the low falls to around 50. That will come with a 20% chance for overnight thunderstorms, leading into a 20% chance of storms Saturday morning, growing to 40% by Saturday afternoon as the high reaches 76. Thunderstorm chances grow again to 50% Saturday evening as the low drops to around 54. Before Sunday morning, there’ll be a 60% chance for continued rain showers.
Sunday will come with a 60% chance for rain, followed by a 50% chance for afternoon thunderstorms. The high will return to 75 degrees despite the clouds and rain, and then fall to a low of 53 under partly cloudy skies.
The 80s make a return next week with a Monday high of 81, followed by 86 on Tuesday and 84 on Wednesday, if the forecast holds up.
More on the weather is available from the National Weather Service in Rapid City.
