Forecast Last Updated at Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at 6:30PM

Grass is Greener

A cold front is passing through the mountains this evening, and we'll see skies partially clear out tonight. Dry weather holds for much of the day Wednesday, which will feature more sunshine and isolated late-day showers. Thursday brings another round of rain and considerably cooler temperatures, perhaps a rumble of thunder too, then it's onto a beautiful Fall weekend.

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Tuesday Hi: 74 Lo: 53 Decreasing clouds; Light NW wind

Wednesday Hi: 70 Lo: 50 Early sun; Then more PM clouds; Isolated late afternoon & evening showers; SW wind 5-10 mph

Thursday Hi: 62 Lo: 49 Mostly cloudy; Scattered showers (thunder possible), mainly PM; Much cooler; NW wind 5-15 mph

Friday Hi: 64 Lo: 48 Scattered clouds; Pleasant

Saturday Hi: 67 Lo: 49 Lots of sunshine; Pleasant

Further Out

Sunday - Clear; Beautiful first Oct. weekend; High in the upper 60s; Low in the lower 50s
Monday - Bright & sunny; Gorgeous; High near 70 degrees; Low in the mid 50s

Forecast Discussion

The cold front responsible for bringing much needed rainfall is working over the mountains this evening and stalls just to our east. That's close enough to spark scattered showers and thunderstorms east of the mountains across the foothills this evening. But we're good to go with the arrival of dry air setting the stage for partial clearing tonight.

A sprawling upper level low drops south from the Great Lakes today to the Ohio Valley Wednesday. It spins around for a few days before lifting back north this weekend. The upper low will impact us in a couple of ways. First it brings a return of showers to the area, isolated in nature Wednesday afternoon, then scattered coverage Thursday. Second, much cooler air accompanies the upper low with high temperatures falling to seasonably cool levels Thursday and Friday.

As the low departs we are left in a dry northwest flow beginning Friday. Daytime temperatures recover a bit thereafter with full sunshine and it's safe to say this is one of those "dreamy" October weekends.

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