As an area of low pressure continues to build over eastern Canada, dry and windy conditions will continue across the area. Expect highs today to be in the upper 60s with wind gusts to near 30 mph this afternoon. As a result of the continued dry and windy conditions, a Red Flag Warning remains in effect for the state. A Red Flag Warning means that the combination of strong winds, low humidity and warm temperatures will create “explosive fire growth potential.”
The low begins to move south towards our area tonight, it will help drag cooler air into the area. Lows tonight will drop to near 40 in the cities and to near freezing north and west.
Tomorrow will be about 10 to 15 degrees cooler than today, with highs in the low to mid 50s in the cities, upper 30s to low 40s in the mountains. There is also a chance of showers tomorrow, as a piece of energy rotates around the low.
The cooler air will be short-lived, as the low moves off the coast on Thursday and high pressure builds in. Thursday will be a transition day, and temperatures will only be a few degrees warmer than tomorrow, but as the high moves off the coast Friday and Saturday, southerly flow will cause temperatures to jump into the mid 60s on Friday and upper 60s on Saturday.
Temperatures will continue to rise into the low 70s on Sunday and mid to upper 70s on Monday.