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<< Previous   of   Next >>   ADVERTISEMENT   CONTACT THE HERALD Robert Frank, City Editor frank@heraldnet.com   Published: Thursday, July 3, 2008 Storms expected to clear up tonight Herald Staff If meteorologists are right, the only bangs in the sky on the Fourth of July will be fireworks. The thunder and lightning storms that have brought clouds and lots of booms to Western Washington are expected to die off this evening, said Mike McFarland, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Seattle. There’s a 30 percent chance of showers Friday, but McFarland expects a mostly dry afternoon with a few sun breaks and temperatures in the upper 60s and low 70s. The weather should not interfere with fireworks, he said. Thunder and lightning are pretty uncommon in the region with just a few storms a year. Last night, lightning struck 2,500 times in Western Washington. That’s the most strikes since August 1999, McFarland said. “Around here, you get one or two strikes and you’re done,” he said.

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