Phoenix welcomes chilly morning temperatures

We're watching the Fox 10 Weather Experts with meteorologist Erica Horvathin on Fox 10 News. Welcome back. Well, it was a beautiful, beautiful day. Temperatures hitting 78 degrees for our high in the valley. That was 12 degrees cooler than normal and it was a cooler than normal morning with a low of 58 degrees. So this was our coolest morning since March, which is pretty crazy. It's been about 200 plus days since we've seen morning temperatures this cool and it was just great to see that gorgeous afternoon high as well especially because the humidity is gone. So our dew points have dropped. We have dry air all across the state and so it's really feeling like what we're reading on the thermometer. No more of that mugginess from the tropics. Up north it was 55 in Flagstaff and 63 in Sedona, 61 in Show Low. So everybody's really experiencing fall today and a perfect fall day at that. So our temperatures are accompanied by lighter winds. Those winds were a bit gusty this morning, but they have really lightened up and clear skies. It's been a beautiful day. Now that cold front that we saw pass through yesterday is what left us with those cool temperatures. Now that cold front is tracking off to the east along with the storm system. And by tomorrow to Friday, it's going to be way out in the Midwest. But we are going to see a very interesting setup in the coming days. We're going to see what we call a backdoor cold front. The rest of that cold air that's diving in behind the low-pressure system is going to whip across the southwest. So we're going to be seeing that easterly wind flow bringing cool air back into the valley as we go closer to this weekend. and high pressure always flows toward low pressure so we have those winds kind of accelerating for that reason as well. This is going to lead to some very gusty winds tomorrow night through Friday morning. Those are going to be coming in from the east northeast and we're going to be seeing wind advisories and high wind warnings across southern Arizona because of that. So there are high wind warnings beginning tomorrow night lasting through Friday night for southeast Arizona where there could be 55 to 70 mile per hour wind gusts. As for Gila County, Pinal County, and Maricopa County, these wind advisories will begin by Friday morning, lasting through Friday afternoon for south of the valley, and lasting until Saturday morning for east of the valley for 45 to 50 mile per hour wind gusts. So this is some serious wind. And while most of the valley is not underneath these wind advisories, it is going to be very windy in the valley as well. with those gusts up to around 40 to 45 miles per hour. Here's a look at tomorrow morning, and we're still pretty quiet, but the winds will start picking up in the high country by tomorrow midday afternoon. This is tomorrow evening, showing at least 30 to 45 mile per hour gusts in spots like Sedona and Payson. While we will see those winds picking up tomorrow night in the valley up to around 30 miles per hour, And on Friday, especially during the morning hours, I mean, look at these winds across the state. It's not just southern Arizona. It's the high country as well. Eventually, they should die down around Saturday, and then we'll be looking at some slightly calmer conditions as we go throughout our weekend. And on top of that, this is going to keep those overnight lows cool at times as we go through the next few days. Tonight, we'll see a low of 59 in Phoenix, 32 in Flagstaff, and 47 in Sedona. Tomorrow, our high temperatures will rebound. 88 degrees will be our high in the Valley, 70 in Sedona, and 55 in Flagstaff. But we do have some more cool mornings and cool days in store through this weekend. Luckily, it's a short-lived warm-up over the next couple of days. Our temperatures will drop back to 81 degrees on Saturday and 85 on Sunday. Looking perfect. Love to see it. Yeah. Beautiful weather. I know. We love it. Thanks, Erica.