Temperatures remain in 90s this week

RITZVILLE – The National Weather Service predicts a warm week ahead for Adams County and its neighbors.

“I can say summer has arrived. Things should stay mainly on the dry side for the next week,” said Robin Fox, a National Weather Service meteorologist based in Spokane. 

With the sunny and hot weather expected all week, the National Weather Service reports Ritzville was supposed to hit its highest temperature of the week at 96 degrees on Tuesday. 

By Wednesday, a cool front is expected to come through.

“We will have a weak cold front which will knock temperatures down and there is a potential for thunderstorms to come in over the Palouse region Tuesday night,” Fox said. “We aren't expecting a lot of rain with the thunderstorms, but they could produce some isolated lighting strikes.”

Most of the activity will be eastward from Ritzville to Pullman.

Another cooling front will come on Sunday, July 17. 

With the warmer and dryer pattern Eastern Washington will see a lot of grasses and finer fuels start to dry. 

“With any type of wind event, when it's dry, we can potentially see an increase in fires. Right now the main area where we are seeing the most of the dryer grasses have been west of Cheney,” Fox said.