Another warmer-than-normal weekend lies ahead, though a front will restore at least a little order to temperatures for Sunday. First, though, a very mild Saturday lies ahead, with temperatures starting in the upper 50s, warming to the upper 70s to around 80° in the afternoon. A stray shower will be possible well inland, but the front will be generally making a dry passage overnight into early Sunday morning. It’s not a particularly potent front; temperatures will only drop a few degrees, but it will be a bit more seasonable regardless. Clouds will be on the decrease throughout the day, so sunshine will increasingly factor in.

Looking ahead: Cooling down just in time for Thanksgiving

Warmer-than-normal temperatures will prevail for the first half of next week, but a more robust cold front will swing through early Thanksgiving Day that will bring in much cooler air as we kick off the Christmas season in earnest. Monday will be reasonably seasonable, with lows in the upper 40s warming to the low 70s in the afternoon under mostly sunny skies with high pressure building in from the north. This high pressure retreats for Tuesday, though, and a stalled front to the south begins to move back north as a warm front. This could bring a stray shower or two to the area for Tuesday, but otherwise we’ll turn warmer, with lows in the mid-50s and highs in the mid-70s. Wednesday will be the warmest day of the week out ahead of the front, with highs in the mid-70s once again after we start in the upper 50s to near 60°.

The window for showers opens up later Wednesday but right now seems timed — if they fall at all — for early Thanksgiving morning. They’ll clear out by afternoon, though, with cooler and drier air moving in. Lows around 50° warm to just the mid-60s in the afternoon — a click or two below normal. Friday looks even cooler, with lows in the low 40s warming to just the low 60s in the afternoon. A coastal trough may develop and sling a couple showers our direction, but the chance is slight. Overall, while we will see some chances for showers, the vast majority of us should not expect significant rainfall, with drought conditions likely continuing to expand and worsen over the next week.

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