Cool 77-degree day gives way to clearing skies and rain return

You're watching the Fox 10 Weather Experts with meteorologist Erica Horvathin on Fox 10 News. Welcome back. Well, we did see a pretty cool day today here in the valley. Temperatures making it to 77 degrees, well below normal for this time of year. And we did see a couple showers going through earlier this morning, but then we dried out and the sun came out here in the valley. Meanwhile, it's been a rainy day up in the high country and temperatures reflecting that. We only made it to 55 today in Flagstaff and 66 in Sedona, 59 degrees in Show Low. Mainly those upper 70s and low 80s across the deserts of southern and western Arizona. Temperatures right now at 76 in the valley, 40 in Flagstaff. So it's chilly and it's very, very wet up there. So, you know, cuddle up under a blanket for the rest of this evening. The rain is going to continue for a while longer, but it is on its way out by tomorrow. Here's a live look across the state and you can see the wet weather there in Sedona as well as Flagstaff. Meanwhile though look how beautiful it is here in the valley a nice sunset shaping up. Now all of this is associated with a low pressure system and we do have a couple of flood warnings to tell you about. A flash flood warning has been issued this is for the Douglas and Cedar Bench Wilderness. This is going to be east of Mayer on the other side of I-17. This goes until 6 45 p.m. So of course stay out of this area because flash flooding is either already occurring or it is imminent. All this rain is pushing northward and we have more to come for the Sedona area. It's coming down pretty heavily in spots and we have all of that pushing northward up to Flagstaff where there's even some snow there at the San Francisco peaks. Another flood warning to tell you about this is for the Little Colorado River between Lupton and Winslow. This goes until 12 a.m. tonight, so stay away from those banks and if you do live near that area, be prepared to seek higher ground and of course never drive through flooded roadways or low water crossings. As we go through the rest of tonight, these showers will continue to spin through northern Arizona, still going at 7 p.m., eventually starting to dissipate as we go toward the 9 o'clock hour and by 11 p.m. we should be looking pretty dry with a couple of these still lingering around up near Page, but that's about it. It'll be a dry night across the state, and we'll end up seeing mainly dry conditions tomorrow. A couple of isolated showers and thunderstorms will be possible up in the Four Corners area, so up toward Window Rock, kind of toward that same area of Lupton, maybe Indian Wells, Kayenta, seeing those storms tomorrow afternoon. But then we are going to be dry for pretty much the rest of the week. You can see how the dry air comes in behind the back of this low pressure system and it sticks around all week long until this coming weekend when we will see a new surge of some moisture and this will bring our next rain chances to the state mainly Friday and Saturday so for Halloween. As for those temperatures tonight will drop to 58 in Phoenix, 44 in Sedona and freezing in Flagstaff a low of 30 degrees and tomorrow temperatures climbing back into the low 80s in the valley, 50s and 60s across northern Arizona. Here's how those temperatures pan out as the day goes on. Looking cool in the mornings but by the afternoon going to be nice in the valley. A beautiful day to get out and about. If you're going to be in the Flagstaff area, yeah it will be sunny but it will be a little bit chilly with temperatures in those low 50s and we'll see the same in Show Low but 60s for the Payson area. 10-day forecast showing quiet conditions through midweek and a little warmer before rain returns on Friday.