Another generally quiet week of weather lies ahead as high pressure remains the primary weather driver across the Southeast with a reinforcing shot of cooler air for the second half of the week.

The nor’easter that has made for several soggy days across the metro will finally be pulling away on Monday, yielding a beautiful week of weather across the area with plenty of sun and comfortable temperatures.

Warm temperatures will continue for the first half of the week before a cold front knocks temperatures down below normal starting Thursday. Shower chances will be with us for much of the week, though, and we’ll be dealing with coastal flooding as well.

We’ll close September on a stormy note as moisture from Tropical Storm Imelda interacts with a stalled front/trough situated along the coast to produce solid shower and thunderstorm chances through Tuesday. From there, a good shot of fall welcomes us to October before more shower and storm chances return for Friday and the weekend.

Astronomical fall begins on Monday with the autumnal equinox at 2:19 PM, but it will increasingly feel more like summer as the week wears on as above-normal temperatures take hold by midweek.

The week ahead will remain generally quiet, but we’ll start to turn warmer later this week as high pressure ridges in aloft. Slight shower and storm chances return to the area for the weekend, particularly on Sunday.

A front which helped stir up another round of heavy rain and flooding in downtown Charleston on Sunday will clear the area overnight into early Monday, yielding a week of comfortable temperatures with occasional slight shower and storm chances.

The main weather story this week will be much more pleasant than last week’s: cooler, drier air working into the area will bring along a decent early-fall preview to close out August, though a few storms will be possible heading into late week.

The week ahead starts out on a warm note with high pressure in play before turning more unsettled by the time we get into the weekend. Meanwhile, Hurricane Erin will be passing offshore, sparing us direct impacts but kicking up high surf, a risk for dangerous rip currents, and even some coastal flooding in the evenings.

After a dreary weekend, a more standard summertime pattern returns to the Lowcountry as high pressure ridges into the area aloft, finally breaking down the high pressure wedge and stalled front that’s kept us unsettled (but at least on the cool side).