The hot and mostly dry weather pattern is not going anywhere for at least a couple more days, but we may see our first true cold front next week! Friday should look much like what we saw Thursday with mostly sunny skies and little to no chance of rain.

While the majority of the region will stay dry, just enough lingering moisture will result in a very slim chance of a stray shower by the afternoon and early evening. Rain chances will only reach 20% at best.

With shifting winds to the north and then northeast, dry air to the north is being pushed south into the Suncoast. It is not a dramatic push of dry air, but it will be noticeable in the days to come.

Thursday made day number 10 of consecutive days with dry weather, and Friday will make number 11. But we may end it there. We’re tracking a system moving through the Great Lakes that will likely bring some rain back to the region by Saturday afternoon.

Jacksonville’s wet weather is set to persist through the weekend, with occasional rain and cooler-than-average temperatures.

The First Alert Weather Day continues today for the potential to see flooding. A flood watch continues for most of Central Alabama through Sunday morning at 7 a.m. CDT. The watch does not include Pickens,