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(Click images to enlarge)Good morning and TGIF.....Sensational weather today through the weekend with a big dome of high pressure in control. This morning's surface map:NOWHighs today in the mid 70s with very low dewpoints. Just about perfect in my book.highstodayThe weekend will feature a warmup as we get near 80 Saturday and a few higher than that Sunday. The next chance for rain will be Sunday night and first thing Monday morning.NEXT WEEK: A very dry and pleasant stretch of weather will unfold for the final week of August. For those starting school, this will be perfect. The middle of the week will be a real mid-September preview with highs only in the lower 70s. The upper pattern will look much like the winter did with a big trough over SE Canada and the Great Lakes and a big ridge out west.500Summer is not over though; warmer air will come back at the very end of the month and into early September. 16 day temperatures off the GFS ensemble model:KYNG_2015082100_min_max_16It will be a great pattern but we need more rain. Rain totals over the next 10 days are likely to be 0.10" or less! And all that may come Sunday night. There probably will not be a drop after that through next weekend.GFSRAINNot good since we are now in the "abnormally dry" category on the latest drought monitor.droughtHave a great weekend!