'Widespread Smoke' And Heat Return: Puget Sound Forecast

SEATTLE, WA — Is this Washington or Arizona? It's going to be dry and hot this week with a good chance that Canadian wildfire smoke will return on Monday. And, Monday will mark the 51st day in a row around Puget Sound with no measurable rain*.

Here's the forecast for the upcoming week from the National Weather Service:

Seattle-Bellevue

Monday: Widespread smoke before 11am. Sunny, with a high near 85. North northwest wind 5 to 11 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 63. Northeast wind around 10 mph.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 85. Northwest wind 3 to 7 mph.

Tuesday Night: Clear, with a low around 66. North wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east northeast in the evening.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 87.

Wednesday Night: Clear, with a low around 64.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 85.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 61.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 83.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 62.

Puyallup-Lakewood

Monday: Widespread smoke, mainly before noon. Sunny, with a high near 84. North northeast wind 3 to 8 mph.

Monday Night: Patchy smoke before midnight. Mostly clear, with a low around 58. North wind 6 to 8 mph becoming west northwest after midnight.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 83. Light west northwest wind.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 60. West wind around 8 mph.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 88.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 61.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 85.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 60.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 82.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 57.

*The National Weather Service measures rain at Sea-Tac airport, which is why - despite the brief rain we had last week - the dry streak is technically still going.