The week ahead: A cool start, but warming back up

Dry weather continues for the next few days, but we may start to see the pattern begin to flip this weekend to something a little wetter to close out April.
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Dry weather continues for the next few days, but we may start to see the pattern begin to flip this weekend to something a little wetter to close out April.
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After tying a record high on Friday, we’ll make another run at one on Saturday before a cold front ushers in some changes starting Sunday.
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We’ll see the potential for record heat Friday and Saturday before a front affects the area Sunday, ushering in a few cooler days next week.
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Well, we are running out of ways to tell y’all that it’s going to be warm and dry. High pressure remains the main weather driver across the area, keeping temperatures warmer than normal and rain chances virtually nil. We’ll start the day in the low 60s, warming to the mid-80s in the afternoon away from the coast, where onshore flow from the south will help keep temperatures pinned to the upper 60s. Expect downtown to peak a few degrees cooler, generally in the upper 70s to low 80s depending on your proximity to the water.
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High pressure remains the main weather driver for the rest of the work week, keeping things generally quiet but also warm and dry — not great for the ongoing drought. Temperatures Wednesday will take another jump into the mid-80s across the area away from the locally cooler coastline with plenty of sunshine after some patches of morning fog. A disturbance aloft will cause an uptick in cloud cover for Thursday and keep temperatures close to Wednesday’s values, but it’ll still be plenty warm and well above normal for this point in the year.
The warmest period begins Friday and lasts until Saturday, in which high pressure anchored to our south drives more westerly wind trajectories at the surface and aloft. This will send temperatures to near record levels Friday, with highs in the low 90s a distinct possibility under mostly sunny skies.
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Stacked high pressure remains in control for Tuesday, yielding plenty of sunshine and a continuation of our warming trend. We’ll start Tuesday in the upper 50s to low 60s, warming to the mid-80s away from the coast. Expect downtown to peak in the upper 70s, while we may not get out of the upper 60s right at the beaches where the adjacent Atlantic waters continue to run in the upper 60s.
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