Weather Update: Thunderstorms Predicted in Madison This Week

If you are planning on venturing outside in Madison during the remainder of this week, you might want to bring an umbrella with you.

Wednesday weather forecasters are predicting chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 5 p.m. The chance of precipitation is 30 percent, with rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Wednesday night, there is a chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 11 p.m. Some of the storms could produce gusty winds. Chance of precipitation is 40 percent, with rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. The National Weather Service issued a hazardous weather outlook and is predicting a chance of thunderstorms Thursday.

Skies should clear up by Friday and Saturday, but residents will be met with more chances of rain on Saturday night. High temperatures will remain in or near the 80s through Sunday despite the chance of thunderstorms, the NWS predicts.

Here’s your local forecast for the remainder of this week and this weekend from the National Weather Service:

• Thursday A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 85. Southwest wind 6 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40 percent. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
• Thursday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 60. West wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm in the evening.
• Friday Sunny, with a high near 83. Light and variable wind becoming southeast 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon.
• Friday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 61.
• Saturday Mostly sunny, with a high near 83.
• Saturday Night A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. Chance of precipitation is 40 percent.
• Sunday A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 76. Chance of precipitation is 50 percent.
• Sunday Night A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 55. Chance of precipitation is 50 percent.