Hints of fall and a return to summer

Sundown on the Connecticut River, August 2015
Photo by S. Vardatira

The question of the hour is just how much fall are we going to get anyway. Could we be living the fall version of the one-day spring? Enjoy tonight’s cool evening while you can – the rest of the week will see a return of summer-like conditions as high pressure builds in and pushes temps up to the mid-80s, well above average for the week ahead. And there’s no rain in the forecast until maybe Saturday night (and that’s iffy). Somewhat cooler temps arrive on Sunday, which means they drop into the mid-70s instead of the mid-80s. Not exactly frosty and cool. And so goes our summer-like, above-average September. For those of you who crave the warmer temps, you’re in luck. For the rest of us, well, winter is coming. Eventually.