Forecast for today is mostly sunny with a chance of awesome! Just a few high level cirrus clouds are creeping into the region ahead of a weak approaching cold front today. Otherwise high pressure continues to camp over the Great Lakes & Mid-Atlantic states. Conditions at the surface and aloft will stay very dry with highs around 80. Watch for a pretty sunset tonight with lows falling into the upper 40s.

    We'll see a good deal of sunshine across the area early Saturday. Cold frontal boundary will push through Saturday night/Sunday. Best chance of a raindrop & isolated thunderstorm will be during this time. Expect more humid air to move in during the day with highs in the low to mid 80s. So look for increasing clouds with strenghtening winds as the day progresses. Lows will be in the low 60s.

    On Sunday, any leftover showers will dry out fairly quickly. Cloud deck will erode from west to east, leaving plenty of dry air into next Monday. Hot and humid forecast returns Tuesday. Increasing moisture will allow for a few stray thunderstorms to develop in the afternoon & evening hours Tuesday through Thursday. Otherwise forecast will stay mostly sunny with temperatures topping out in theupper 80s, edging close to 90.