Today's warm, dry weather will be a sharp contrast from the weekend's cool dampness. Actually, yesterday was delightful across the Black Hills where there was abundant sunshine and temperatures were in the 70s.
Hot, dry weather i s blowing in from the southwest today where readings in central Wyoming topped 90 Sunday afternoon. Our temperatures will be in the 80s today, although it will likely be in the low 90s from Edgemont to Pine Ridge. The humidity will be low, winds will be gusting to over 30 mph and those conditions elevate the fire danger to the extreme category as the grass goes through its fall drying.
A cold front will make today's heat short-lived. We'll be back into the 70s for highs tomorrow and as clouds increase and showers develop Wednesday it will only make it into the 60s.
The Future
Hurricane Igor blew past Bermuda overnight. It will head for the southern tip of Greenland and then loop back to the west to northeast Canada later this week.
The storm track will be just to our north for the next two weeks, allowing snow and cold air to build across the north half of Canada while we sit in mild air. Sub-zero temperatures will develop north of the Arctic Circle - waiting to make its first plunge towards the equator. You may be thinking about Fall coming Wednesday night. I've got a pretty good idea what the rest of Fall will be like so I am already thinking about Winter.
