Unsettled weather makes a brief return to the area overnight into Friday as a cold front works its way toward the coast. We’ll start the day on the mild — and perhaps the wet — side as temperatures bottom out just to around the mid-to-upper 50s. We’ll warm to the mid-70s in the afternoon with scattered showers and thunderstorms continuing to affect the area. Severe weather looks highly unlikely at this stage with meager instability, thankfully. Showers and thunderstorms will end by evening as the front moves by, setting the stage for a cool but quiet weekend.

High pressure to our north, which has kept a cooler onshore flow in place that limited highs to the low 70s today, will slip offshore for Thursday, and we turn a bit warmer as a result. Expect to start Thursday right around 50°, just a touch below April 10 normals, warming to the mid-70s in the afternoon under partly cloudy skies. Should be a pleasant springtime day, all in all, especially if you like it a little warmer.

Quiet and generally pleasant weather continues for the next couple days as high pressure remains in control through Thursday ahead of the next front and accompanying rain chance Friday.

After a cold front comes through late Monday, Tuesday will turn out to be a much cooler and quieter day (weather-wise, anyway) as the front sweeps away the past week and change of more summerlike conditions. We’ll start Tuesday in the mid-50s, warming to just the low 70s in the afternoon under mostly sunny skies. It’ll feel quite different, but a bit more like early-to-mid-April, too.