MONDAY WEATHER BRIEFING

Good morning,After a foggy! weekend, this week will be tranquil overall and temperatures will become the real story as we head into the weekend.Today, an upper-level disturbance is overhead but you would not know it by looking outside as the weather is quiet locally. The showers to our south will stay to our south.With a partly to mostly sunny sky, temperatures will be above average this afternoon.MIDWEEK: Another quiet day Tuesday with highs mainly in the 40s again. On Wednesday, a quick-moving system will spread some showers our way in the afternoon and evening. If the air mass was 20 degrees colder, we'd be talking about an "Alberta Clipper" and 1-3" of snow. But....it's not.A warm front will lift across the region Thursday and we have a good shot at 50 degrees or higher both Thursday and Friday.WEEKEND: While the timing of any precipitation is up in the air, we are confident record high temperatures will be challenged and (especially Sunday) probably broken. The record high is 60 Saturday and Sunday.LONG RANGE: It will turn colder early next week, but characteristically of the pattern over the last couple of months, it will not last long. We expect above-average temperatures for much of the run up to Christmas. WEATHER FOR WEATHER GEEKS: The Monday evening edition of the Valley's most detailed weather video will be online between 7:30-8:00 this evening. Check it out for the latest on the weekend warmth, the long range and the odds of a White Christmas. CONNECT: FacebookTwitterInstagramYouTube