Thursday continues where today left off, with a seasonably cool morning followed by a comfortably warm afternoon in the upper 70s, right where we should be at this point in April. Humidity will be low once again as dewpoints mix out into the low 40s, yielding relative humidity values approaching 25% during the peak of the afternoon. It’ll be another good day for an outdoor lunch or evening walk as a result — just make sure you’ve got some sunscreen!

Friday & the weekend: Warming up, slight storm chances return

High pressure will begin to slip offshore Friday, allowing winds to come back out of the south and start up a warming trend across the area. This will also bring some more moisture back into the picture, and we’ll see an accompanying uptick in cloud cover beginning Friday (but there will still be plenty of sun). Temperatures will head back into the 80s for Saturday and Sunday, with even a slight chance at some afternoon thunderstorms along the seabreeze. And speaking of things that sound like summer, the warming trend continues into next week, and we may very well be approaching 90° by next Wednesday. ‘Tis the season…