Beautiful weather Monday with highs reaching lower 70s

HERE ON THE AIR. IT IS 519. ERIC. WE WANT TO GET THINGS OVER TO YOU. SO MUCH TO TALK ABOUT FOR THE WEEK AHEAD. AND I THINK THE BIGGEST QUESTION EVERYONE IS ASKING IS, ARE WE GOING TO GET MORE RAIN TO HELP US OUT HERE? JUST LOOKING AT THE COMPUTER MODELS AND THERE IS NEARLY NO RAIN. I MEAN, THERE’S THERE’S A SMIDGE, BUT BUT THAT IS OPTIMISTIC. SO I’VE SAID I FEEL LIKE ABOUT A MONTH AGO I SAID, BOY THIS IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE AN INTERESTING FIRE SEASON. AND I’M GETTING MORE AND MORE CONCERNED. MARCH AND APRIL ARE REALLY WHEN THINGS GET ROUGH AND WE’RE ALREADY ROUGH. SO WE’LL CONTINUE TO WATCH THAT. THAT SAID, THOUGH, I DO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW ONE A BIG CHANGE COMING OUR DIRECTION. TEMPERATURES REALLY WARMING UP THIS WEEK LIKE WARMEST WE HAVE SEEN IN MONTHS. LOOK AT THE SEVEN DAY FORECAST WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, MID 80S 86 DEGREES ON THERE. AND THIS IS THE NEXT 15 DAYS. THIS IS THE ONLY REAL CHANCE OF RAIN COMING SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. IT’S JUST NOT MUCH. BUT AS FAR AS TEMPERATURES GO, LOOK AT THE END OF THIS WEEK WE’LL MAKE IT TO 86 DEGREES IN ORLANDO, 84 HERE IN OCALA ALONG THE SHORELINE WITH THE BREEZE COMING IN OFF THE COOLER WATERS OF THE OCEAN. YOU WON’T BE AS WARM, BUT 70 TO THE LOWER 80S IS DEFINITELY GOING TO BE AN ELEMENT OF A SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM. IT’S GOING TO BE A WARM, WARM DAY LOOKING AT THE MODELS AND THE AMERICAN GFS BRINGING US INTO THAT WARMER REGISTER. THERE IS A COLD FRONT COMING IN SATURDAY SUNDAY THAT WILL DROP TEMPERATURES DOWN, AND FOR NOW, THE GFS SAYS EARLY NEXT WEEK WE MAY HAVE HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S MORNING LOWS IN THE 40S, SO THERE MAY BE A LITTLE BIT OF A CHILL IN THERE. BUT AGAIN, WE REBOUND RIGHT BACK INTO THE MID 80S THEREAFTER. AND IN TERMS OF RAINFALL CHANCES, LET’S RUN THE GFS THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. THAT LIGHT GREEN IS ANYWHERE FROM A HALF INCH OF RAIN OR LESS, AND ALL THE WAY THROUGH. LET’S JUST GO ALL THE WAY THROUGH. BASICALLY THE END OF THE MONTH. THAT’S ALL WE HAVE. HALF INCH OF RAIN OR LESS IN THE FORECAST. SO IT IS A VERY, VERY DRY STRETCH. THE FIRE DANGER WILL CONTINUE TO GROW THIS MORNING. DAMP FROM YESTERDAY’S RAIN. AND THAT WAS GOOD. BUT WE’RE GOING TO SEE TOO MANY DRY DAYS THAT WILL MAKE UP FOR YESTERDAY’S RAINFALL. SO DAMP ROADS OUT THE DOOR THIS MORNING. OSCEOLA, THE ONLY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN TODAY. THE REST OF US ARE OFF FOR THE DAY. CLEARING SKIES THROUGH THE DAY. NOT A BAD ONE AT ALL. HERE’S A LIVE LOOK INTO VARIES. A LITTLE BIT OF A LOW CLOUD DECK THERE. BASICALLY IT’S A VERY NICE THOUGH DAMP START TO THE DAY. TEMPERATURES OUT THE DOOR IN THE 60S. OUR FIRST WARNING LIVE RADAR SCANNING DID HAVE THAT LINE OF RAIN MOVED THROUGH LAST NIGHT. IT IS ALREADY DOWN INTO SOUTH FLORIDA AND NOW IT’S JUST GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME. BUT WE’LL CLEAR THE SKIES OUT. IT’S GOING TO BE A BEAUTIFUL DAY. 73 IN THE CITY TODAY, 72 DEGREES IN THE VILLAGES. YOU HEAD EAST THOUGH, AND WITH THAT NORTHEASTERLY WIND COMPONENT 69 IN DELAND, 67 TODAY, DAYTONA BEACH AND 71 IN TITUSVILLE. SO THERE’S YESTERDAY’S STORM SYSTEM. IT PULLS AWAY. THIS AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN OFF THE EAST COAST. AND WHAT IT DOES IS IT GIVES US THIS KIND OF RETURN FLOW. SO WARMING TEMPERATURES IS GOING TO BE THE NAME OF THE GAME THESE NEXT FEW DAYS ALREADY TO THE UPPER 70S TOMORROW, MID 80S.