Fingers crossed: 4th of July and Saturday in Boston might actually be rain-free

Believe it or not The weather on both the Fourth of July and the following Saturday might not be rainy After months of seemingly endless weekend rain the National Weather Arrangement is tentatively this is the weather after all forecasting that both Friday s Independence Day festivities and the first day of the weekend should be mostly to partly sunny with highs comfortably in the s and much more manageable humidity Obviously take that with a grain of salt It s still nearly a week out National Weather Function Meteorologist Kyle Pederson explained the Herald on Sunday Monday will be hot Pederson explained it will be close to degrees and it will feel like it as the dewpoint climbs toward an uncomfortable degrees Tuesday will be more of the same according to the meteorologist with another degree day expected but the dewpoint even more unforgiving at degrees It s going to feel quite muggy especially on Tuesday Pederson explained The following pair of days we stay warm with highs closer to degrees Pederson announced but the dewpoints will fall closer to degrees as a colder weather front enters the region That cooler air will likely bring along thunderstorms Tuesday evening according to the weather function with sporadic severe storms practicable locally I think we ll see pretty widespread storms Pederson mentioned Localities hit by severe thunderstorms he stated could see wind gusts upwards of mph Elsewhere he revealed it s likely to be continuously breezy with wind speeds closer to mph While there is a slight chance of precipitation on Thursday evening Pederson explained Friday s holiday initiatives should occur under a clear sky with a high in the low to middle s The dewpoint that day Pederson noted should be at ease at about degrees For families looking to take in a Fourth of July fireworks display the temperature on Friday night is forecast to fall toward the middle s and stay mostly clear according to the weather system After weeks of Saturday rain the region may have another reason to celebrate after Independence Day That s because of the Saturday forecasts Boston has seen so far this year all but six have included wet weather Starting from January Saturdays so far this year have had several form of precipitation Pederson stated This weekend however the forecast for the first half of the weekend is entirely absent any mention of rain according to the weather operation It looks pretty good right now Pederson noted Hopefully it stays that way Jamaica Plain siblings Ella and Wesley Currie laugh as they frolic through the sprinklers at the Johnson Park splash pad Libby O'Neill Boston Herald Children fill up buckets and bottles at the Johnson Park splash pad during a day of water play Libby O Neill Boston Herald