High pressure to keep our weather warm and dry into next week

Cloud cover, and a little bit of fog kicks off what is to be a rather seasonable day. Skies will clear up as the morning progresses, leaving us partly cloudy by midday and for this afternoon. 

Temperatures, thanks to a light northeasterly wind, will be end up a little different from the previous few days, landing in the low 70s which is on par for late-September. Conditions then remain quiet overnight as high pressure settles over the Midwest, allowing overnight lows to fall into the low 50s.  

Forecast models then show the upper-level low over the Great Lakes progressing eastward, allowing a ridge to develop out west. This ridge will then shift east, displacing the jet stream north into Canada over the weekend into next week. 

 

  

What does that mean? That means this long-lived summer-like stretch isn't going to back down one bit as we turn the page into October. 

High temperatures to round out the work week will hover around the 80° mark, then climb further into the low 80s Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. Compared to average, this winds up 10° to as much as 13° above late-September standards. 

Rain chances remain very very slim during this stretch. Even with a cold front sliding through late in the day Saturday, it won't have the supply of moisture needed to produce any rainfall.