Good Friday to one and all. We have a toasty weekend taking shape but the higher numbers aren’t settling in for the long haul. As a matter of fact, temps will likely go below normal again for much of next week.

As usual, we start with today and roll forward. Highs on this Friday reach the low and middle 80s in the south and southeast with 85-90 in the north and west. Skies look mainly dry with fairly low humidity levels.

Those nice humidity levels hang tough this weekend as temps continue largely in the 85-90 degree range with the occasional low 90 in the north and west.

I’m adding the threat for a scattered shower or storm to the weekend forecast as a weak system moves in from northeast to southwest Saturday night and Sunday. This looks just strong enough to touch off some action…

Temps will come down some during this time and this is part of a much larger change for next week as the pattern does what we’ve been talking about it doing for more than a week now. The heat ridge in the upper Midwest retrogrades to the northwest into Canada and Alaska. At the same time, a deepening trough develops across the eastern part of the country and also works back toward the west.

The models are spitting out one big cutoff system in the east…

The Canadian has a similar look…

The end result is a really cool pattern with the threat for some showers and storms pushing through…

The GFS has some 40s for lows…

By the way, a Tropical Depression formed in the Gulf of Mexico Thursday…

The official track on this looks to keep it well away from Florida…

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Enjoy your Friday and take care.