Richland, WA 99352 Weather

Benton County11:04 AM PDT46.25°N, 119.29°W

Current conditions

Clear
50°
Clear
Feels like 50°
High 68°·Low 44°
WindCalm
Humidity71%
Dew point41°
Pressure30.06 inHg
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover12%
UV index2 Low
Sunrise7:23 AM
Sunset6:02 PM

Observed at Tri-Cities Airport · 24 min ago

Forecast

10-day

  • Wednesday

    Mostly sunny. High near 68, with temperatures falling to around 66 in the afternoon. North wind around 2 mph.

  • Wednesday Night

    Mostly clear. Low around 44, with temperatures rising to around 46 overnight. Northwest wind around 2 mph.

  • Thursday

    A slight chance of rain showers between 11am and 5pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 66. West wind 0 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

National Weather Service forecast updated 20 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Sunny 57°
  2. 12 PM Mostly Sunny 60°
  3. 1 PM Mostly Sunny 64°
  4. 2 PM Sunny 66°
  5. 3 PM Sunny 67°
  6. 4 PM Sunny 68°
  7. 5 PM Sunny 66°
  8. 6 PM Mostly Clear 64°
  9. 7 PM Mostly Clear 61°
  10. 8 PM Mostly Clear 58°
  11. 9 PM Mostly Clear 54°
  12. 10 PM Mostly Clear 53°
  13. 11 PM Mostly Clear 51°
  14. Thu12 AM Mostly Clear 50°
  15. 1 AM Mostly Clear 50°
  16. 2 AM Mostly Clear 49°
  17. 3 AM Mostly Clear 48°
  18. 4 AM Partly Cloudy 47°
  19. 5 AM Partly Cloudy 46°
  20. 6 AM Mostly Sunny 45°
  21. 7 AM Mostly Sunny 45°
  22. 8 AM Mostly Sunny 44°
  23. 9 AM Mostly Sunny 48°
  24. 10 AM Mostly Sunny 53°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TonightOct 20 Mostly Clear Mostly Clear41°
  2. TodayOct 21 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny44°68°
  3. ThuOct 22 Slight Chance Rain Showers Slight Chance Rain Showers22%43°66°
  4. FriOct 23 Sunny Sunny37°64°
  5. SatOct 24 Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Rain Showers Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Rain Showers25%39°59°
  6. SunOct 25 Chance Rain Showers Chance Rain Showers25%38°60°
  7. MonOct 26 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny10%37°59°
  8. TueOct 27 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny59°
  9. WedOct 28 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy42°64°
  10. ThuOct 29 Cloudy Cloudy44°65°

Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.

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Air quality

61
Moderate
Fine particles (PM2.5)

Acceptable. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

Forecast

  • WedGood
  • ThuGood

Kennewick, WA reporting area · 2 hrs ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:23 AM
Sunset 6:02 PM
Daylight 10 h 38 min (−3 min 6 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 79% lit
Moonrise 3:57 PM Moonset 2:13 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low63° / 37°
Record high88° (2003)
Record low23° (1928)
Wettest0.64 in (1954)
Yesterday67° / 37°
Month to date<0.01 in (normal 0.39 in)

Tri-Cities Area, records since 1894. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in PDT, issued 39 min ago

Key Messages

- Above normal temperatures and dry conditions Today

- Return of showers and isolated thunderstorms to the eastern mountains Thursday, with breezy conditions in the lower elevations Thursday and Friday

- Moderate to High confidence (60-90%) in freezing morning temperatures Saturday

Discussion

An upper low continues spinning off of the central CA coast, with ridging across the Interior Northwest. As a result, clouds remain high across the central and eastern Oregon counties, with more sun across the Washington zones. Today will be the warmest afternoon across the broader area, and for all elevations, reaching the mid/upper 60s again over the Columbia Basin and Kittitas/Yakima Valleys, to the low/mid 70s across central Oregon/Grande Ronde Valley/John Day Basin. Another day of light and diurnally and terrain driven winds for all zones.

The next weather system will impact the winds due to pressure gradients across the Cascade gaps/Columbia River Gorge. NBM ensemble members show a range of about 50 to 75 percent offering wind advisory level , 39 mph or higher gusts Thursday evening. More mid and high cloudiness will be spreading farther north into WA Tonight and though the morning on Thursday. REFs shows light precipitation associated with a weak orographic / deformation band spreading north (southwest to northeast orientation) off the Blue Mountains, and bringing measurable (less than wetting rains) precipitation across the foothills of the Blues and into the lower Columbia Basin/central Oregon though noon. Better forcing/moisture profiles develop later Thursday and Thursday night and cool air aloft acts to increase instability and bump 3-hr QPF means to the 0.10 and locally 0.25 amounts starting mid evening Thursday in the southern Blues, and ending across the Wallowas sometime mid Friday morning.

Following the exit of the amplified trough, colder air will give another opportunity for freezing temperatures over higher populated areas of the Lower Columbia, and Yakima/Kittitas Valley zones that have not had the season ending freeze just yet. This opportunity comes Saturday morning. Blue Mt Foothills and Kittitas valley, including Walla Walla, Pendleton/Ellensburg have around a 90% chance or higher based on NBM probabilities of sub freezing temps. A bit less certainty exists as Yakima to Sunnyside falls in at about a 50 to 60 percent chance for 32 degrees or colder Saturday morning.

Aviation

VFR conditions to prevail through the period. At the very tail end of the period(16-18Z tomorrow), sites PDT/ALW/RDM/BDN may see light rain showers approach the sites. At this time, chances/confidence too low to include in TAF. Winds will be light, 12kts or less, through the period. Lawhorn/82

Pdt Watches

WA...None. OR...None.

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