TOLEDO, Ohio — An autumn breeze blowing will keep a cooler feeling in the air with northwest winds of 10-20 mph. Monday afternoon will bring sunny and cooler conditions.
Highs will be in the mid 60s Monday and Tuesday.
Even chillier weather is expected Monday night into Tuesday morning with temperatures plummeting to the low 40s.
Tuesday afternoon will bring similarly cooler conditions with highs in the mid to upper 60s.
The dry air will give us lots of sunshine and blue skies over the next few days with very little moisture in the air.
Highs may briefly jump to the 70s on Wednesday before sliding back to the 60s on Thursday.
Milder October weather will gradually make a comeback on Friday as temperatures jump to the mid-70s.
A gusty southwest breeze will develop on Saturday as temperatures surge to the upper 70s.
Bright sunshine is expected to continue into the start of the weekend with fair weather clouds gradually moving in.
Overall, this is a very quiet weather pattern as the southeast prepares again for a major hurricane: Hurricane Milton.
Locally, our only chance for rain in the next week will be a few lighter showers on Sunday into next Monday. After a dry week of weather for area farmers in fall harvest, this system could finally snap the dry streak.
Behind the cold front, sharply cooler weather conditions will return for the week with temperatures in the 60s.
Overall, the forecast looks to bring seasonable and largely dry conditions through the middle of October.
Another Gulf Coast hurricane: Milton
Hurricane Milton is currently a Category 4 storm, as of Monday. It's projected to make landfall on Wednesday evening in western Florida.
The most likely landfall will be within 100-200 miles of Tampa with the storm passing east into the Atlantic and likely out to sea.
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