Good morning, East River by any.g on Flickr In addition to cooler weather the other meteorological sign that fall has arrived is the speeding up of the atmosphere. The next couple of days will see a bam bam bam of successive weather systems. A weak cold front came through early this morning to bring us clear skies for the day. With any luck the high will reach the mid 70s this afternoon. Clouds return......

Today is the last day to enjoy the current dry spell. The high pressure system that's given the city clear skies is beginning to move away. Before it leaves we should have a sunny and seasonable day with a high in the lower 70s.. Rain looks like it will arrive tomorrow afternoon, ending twelve straight days without precipitation. The rain is courtesy of an extratropical low pressure system that's off the coast of the Carolinas......