Today will likely be our last “summer” day - so hopefully everyone has a chance to get outside and enjoy the warmth! Highs will reach almost to 80F today under partly sunny skies. Even though this may be the last of “summer” warmth, we still have Second Summer (or, the less acceptable term that everyone still uses: “Indian Summer”) yet to come! (TBD when). 

A powerful fall storm will besiege the region tomorrow through Friday, spreading moderate to–at times– heavy rain. Temps will generally be in the 60s during the day (50s at night). The rain will likely begin tomorrow afternoon and continue through the end of the day. A second round of heavier rain will begin Thursday morning and continue through Friday morning. 

It’s unclear what comes after the storm, but either way it will be drier and cooler, with nighttime lows perhaps finally dipping down into the 40s. 

El Nino continues to strengthen in the eastern Pacific and there is, as of yesterday, now, officially, a 75% chance that this El Nino will exceed the strength of all previously recorded El Ninos. 

Tl;dr - warm, last day of “summer” today! Rain tomorrow - Friday. Cooler after.

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