{"id":220776,"date":"2026-06-16T21:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T21:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/220776\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T21:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T21:08:09","slug":"nice-start-and-end-to-the-week-middle-not-so-much","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/220776\/","title":{"rendered":"Nice start and end to the week; middle, not so much"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Abundant sunshine, low humidity and temperatures in the low 70s proved to be a great recipe for outdoor pursuits Tuesday. And if the forecast holds, the weekend should be nice too. In between? Well, that\u2019s less certain. The National Weather Service says every day through Friday will have some chance for rain showers, windy conditions and afternoon storms \u2014 particularly Thursday. On Wednesday, the NWS is calling for partly sunny skies and a high near 79, with a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11 a.m. Thursday should be warmer, with a high of 87, and showers and thunderstorms a threat pretty much all day. Juneteenth is expected to be mostly sunny with a high near 80. Saturday and Sunday should both be sunny with highs close to 80.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"A man sits on a bench in Nay Aug Park in Scranton, Pa., on Tuesday, June 16, 2025. (ISAAC DIAZ\/STAFF PHOTO)\" width=\"4257\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/STT-L-WEATHER-CAPST-0617-02.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1830657\" \/>A man sits on a bench in Nay Aug Park in Scranton, Pa., on Tuesday, June 16, 2025. (ISAAC DIAZ\/STAFF PHOTO)<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"A woman points into the distance while standing with her grandson at the Rie Rie Overlook in Nay Aug Park in Scranton, Pa., on Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (ISAAC DIAZ\/STAFF PHOTO)\" width=\"4956\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/STT-L-WEATHER-CAPST-0617-03.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1830658\" \/>A woman points into the distance while standing with her grandson at the Rie Rie Overlook in Nay Aug Park in Scranton, Pa., on Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (ISAAC DIAZ\/STAFF PHOTO)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Abundant sunshine, low humidity and temperatures in the low 70s proved to be a great recipe for outdoor&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":220777,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[201,182,139,28,178,180,179,181,1133],"class_list":["post-220776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-lackawanna-county","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-pennsylvania","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news","tag-top-stories-stt","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220776\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}