Could there be a more pleasant day than this one? Temperatures in the 70s, humidities in the 30-percent range, a nice breeze out of the southwest, a glorious weekend all laid out ahead of us. And I don't have to work a weekend shift. Hoo wah! (Sorry. Caught the Al Pacino Lifetime Achievement Award show the other night. Can't get that out of my head.)

The forecast calls for highs today and Saturday in the low 80s as high pressure builds in behind the little front that shot through late yesterday with those storms. Overnight lows will drop into the 50s overnight as clear skies allow plenty of radiational cooling - the loss of heat energy back into space.

So shut off the AC and open those windows and cool the house down as much as you can. You'll need that reserve on Sunday and next week, when highs are expected to climb back into the 90s.

As the high moves off the coast Sunday into Monday, we'll fall once again into the return, clockwise flow around the center, which will bring us hotter, more humid air from the south.  That will be followed Wednesday and Thursday by increasing chances for showers and thunderstorms as another cold front approaches from the north and west. What would we do without them?

Beach-bound? Here's the forecast.