Big weekend warm-up

Clouds continue to clear through Thursday and high temperatures return to the normal mid-70s range. The trend for the weekend and beyond is much warmer. Highs climb into the 80s starting Friday and near hold at 80 or above through most of next week. From a month that started cool, looks to end very warm, high five to ten degrees above normal.

Tonight: Mostly cloudy becoming partly cloudy, low 56.

Thursday: Partly cloudy, high of 76.

Friday: Sunny, high of 80.

Saturday: Sunny, highs in the mid-80s.