I’ve got one more cool, cloudy, dreary day for you before a big warmup commences! We’ve got a mix of clouds and sun today (mostly clouds) and temps MAYBE reaching the upper 60s this afternoon.. 

But it IS almost June after all - and the sun is stronger than at any other time during the year, so this cool weather is definitely anomalous! The sun should return on Friday and this will allow temps to reach the 70s just because of the pure strength of the almost-June sun.

Frustratingly, cool air aloft (which got trapped in the mid-latitudes when the polar vortex collapsed ahead of schedule at the end of winter) will filter back down to the surface on Friday night as showers and thunderstorms plow throw the region. Saturday and Sunday will be much cooler, with temps plunging back into the 60s. 

That said, it does GENUINELY look like summer will officially arrive on Monday with 80s, sun, and even a little humidity. 

Tl;dr - cool, cloudy today, high of 68. Warmer tomorrow, but rain/t-storms Fri night usher in cooler again this weekend.

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