Bone-dry week setting up, tracking Francine in the Gulf of Mexico

These are the weeks of weather you live for!

We are locked into a sensational pattern for the near future, with the exception of a passing sprinkle after midnight tonight.

Sunshine returns on Tuesday, with temperatures trending into the uppers 70s. This is seasonable for early September.

We will approach 80 on Wednesday and get there by Thursday. The end of the week will be a return to summer, with temps soaring into the mid-80s!

Dry conditions continue this weekend, with temps falling back into the 70s as our dome of high pressure trends a bit north and brings winds more out of the northeast.

This wall of high pressure will keep the remnants of Francine at bay over the Mississippi Valley. The storm will make a midweek landfall along the Louisiana coast as a strong hurricane.