And this ridge is going to shift slightly to the east, but these clouds, where are they
going to go?
Are they going to come over us?
Well, some of them might, most of them going to the north of us in this flow, and some
to the south.
Let's go further on out into the Pacific, and you can see this is what we call a split
flow.
Clouds going this way, or clouds going to the north, and essentially this is all we're
going to get, and this is going to move in tomorrow night and Saturday, and just mainly
bring us the mid and high level clouds, which is a slight chance for a shower, and that'll
occur on Saturday or Sunday.
But otherwise, we're looking at a pretty nice forecast.
Let's go on down to the surface, and there's that storm system, fairly well defined, but
we've got a good protector on our side, a nice big ridge of high pressure over us, both
at the surface and aloft, and that's helped keeping this storm well out to sea.
Had this ridge not be here, the storm would have moved in, and we would have seen some
clouds, maybe some showers, but it looks like most of the activity will be moving into northern
California or central British Columbia.
Meantime, around the nation today, very dry across the northern tier of states, high pressure
and control, but to the south, rain is falling tonight around Nashville, Tennessee, around
Montgomery, Alabama, into Jackson, Mississippi, down around New Orleans, Louisiana, and into
Houston, Texas, you're getting some rain, while it's very dry and very nice down in
the southwest, even out there in old Shakey Town, L.A., they're still rocking and rolling
out there.
There's a lot of rain today in the 70s, but some rain moving on shore across northern
California, but for us, things are quieter.
Let's check out our current temperature right now here at 50 degrees, pressures falling
from 31.9, our humidity 38 percent, and the winds are out of the east at about two miles
an hour, we had a morning low of about 20 degrees.
Let's check out the valley forecast.
For tonight, clear skies, lows 22 to 28, and light winds.
For tomorrow, for Yakima, it's going to be a beautiful day, lots of sunshine, look at
that high temperature, 62 degrees, that's great, get out there, hope you have a nice
long lunch hour, light winds.
For Ellensburg and the Kittitas Valley, we'll do it again, sunny skies, high temperature
around 60 degrees, and light winds.
Let's take a look at that extended forecast.
We were worried about a chance for rain, weren't we?
Forget about it.
At worst, maybe a slight chance on Saturday and Sunday, otherwise, just increasing clouds
and high and mid-level clouds, cooling temperatures though, just slightly into the 50s, so it
looks like we have a nice weather pattern.
Let's take a look at our color of the weather picture.
Nate Valey of Grandview, congratulations to you.
So it really looks like a fine forecast.
Right on through the weekend, just some partly cloudy skies at worst.
Jim and Mary.
That's us, Peter, thank you very much.
Still to come on News Center 23, a look at the competition that's running mom and pop
stores out of business.
And later, this week's Made in the Valley segment shows us the restaurant many workers
count on to bring meals to their front door.
Mom and pop stores is quitting business.
Looks like the big super stores have all but taken over the grocery market.
News Center 23's Mary Ellen Recindes reports the market's customers are upset.
FitzMarket, which has been here in the Lincoln Center since 1964, is going out of business.
The closure signifies the end of an era.
It's also a big loss to some of Fitz's customers.
The store caters mostly to senior citizens who live nearby.
Its delivery service is a luxury to many of these seniors who don't like to drive and
frankly don't want to shop at a super store.
It's handy.
They can get to it in a hurry if they have to.
And the senior citizen doesn't have to run all over town to get what he wants.
He can walk in there and get it at a competitive price, about the same price as he can get
at any supermarket.
Max Fitz, the owner, is ready to retire, but he admits super stores like this is the real
reason for quitting business.
I found that the future of this store, this type store, is such that it's time maybe to
hang it up.
In the end, there's too many large supermarkets in Yakima.
I think it's a shame over the last 20 years I've watched five or six of these smaller
markets go out of business and it really hurts.
Fitz never expected that reaction from customers.
Some of his customers say the state's legislature should take a look into giving small businesses
a second chance.
I would like to see these little stores that serve senior citizens receive some kind of
funding so they could stay open.
Fitz disagrees.
He plans to gracefully close the market stores.
I'm not in favor of the state funding something like this.
I'd rather see free competition take its course.
In Yakima, Mary Ellen Resendez, News Center.
Washington lawmakers may carry on Representative Glenn Chan.