SUNNY, NICE DAYS INTO THE WEEKEND; MUCH COOLER AIR COMING NEXT WEEK… Warm temperatures will persist into the weekend with highs slated to be in the mid-80s today, tomorrow, and on Saturday. Overnight lows will consistently be in the upper-50s inland and near 60 closer to the coast. Full sunshine is in the forecast today and into the weekend as well. Looking ahead, cooler temperatures will be our weather headline into next week as a cold front approaches.
COLD FRONT TO CROSS THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT… Just in time for Halloween, high temperatures on Tuesday will fall into the 70s or perhaps even the upper-60s with cold nights in store next week. Overnight lows will dip into the 50s by Wednesday morning as an increasingly cold air mass takes hold across much of the continental United States. Unfortunately, this cold front looks to be completely dry with no rain in the forecast early next week. That means that ongoing drought conditions will continue to worsen across the region.
TROPICAL UPDATE… Hurricane Otis made landfall yesterday in the early morning hours as a rare, category 5 hurricane on the Pacific coast of Mexico near Acapulco. Otis is officially the strongest recorded hurricane to ever make landfall on the Pacific coast of Mexico. The Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea remain quiet with no new tropical storms expected to form in the next 5-7 days. Hurricane Tammy is expected to become an extratropical system later today. Impacts from Tammy will be possible in Bermuda in the days ahead.
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See all the details in your Thursday RedZone Weather forecast video. Have a great day!