Arizona forecast: Warm week ahead of possible rain

You're watching the Fox 10 Weather Experts with meteorologist Erica Horvathin on Fox 10 News. Welcome back. Here's a live look over Sedona and it is a stunner out there this evening. We have the light just making those rocks illuminate and Coming up on peak color there in Sedona, it's looking really nice. I think the colors are a little bit muted this year because of all the rain that we've been seeing. That's pretty typical, but you could still see a lot of the oranges and the yellows, even some greens still. So I think we have a little ways to go. Here's a look at our latest fall foliage tracker, and a lot of the highest spots in the state are already well past peak, including up around the Kaibab Plateau and in the Flagstaff area. But if you are in Sedona, we're seeing at least... Moderate to high color, Oak Creek Canyon probably closer to peak at this time. And so just below the Mogollon Rim is where you're going to be finding that best color right now. And we have some beautiful weather this week, so it could be a great opportunity to get out and go see some of those fall colors. It's also been beautiful in the valley. We have gorgeous clear skies, 81 degrees at this time. November so far has been a cooler than normal month. We have seen a lot of cooler-than-average temperatures over the past week or so. And last week, we spent the whole week in the 70s during the day here in the valley. So that was amazing, and we're seeing wetter-than-normal conditions. Now, as we go through this week, we are warming things up. We're turning those temperatures up a notch, and we'll be back into the 80s all week because of high pressure. We have a weak area of high pressure overhead, which has allowed those temperatures to climb into the 80s these last couple of days. But by around midweek Especially Thursday, we're going to be seeing that high pressure peaking at its max strength and we'll make it into the mid-80s. It's going to be pretty warm compared to what we've experienced so far this November. And eventually by this weekend, we will bring in a cool front with this storm system. So luckily the 80s... Mid to upper 80s won't last too long. We'll drop back into the 70s and we'll see the return of some rain chances, especially on Saturday, Sunday, and into early next week. Here's how those temperatures look for us. About 5 to 8 degrees warmer than normal for the next few days. Topping out at 86 on Thursday, and eventually when that system moves in this weekend, we'll drop back into the 70s and we'll even cool below normal by early next week. So not too bad, at least we're not seeing any record warm temperatures, but just a little warmer than we have been. Overnight lows will keep dropping into the upper 50s and low 60s, though, in the Valley. In Flagstaff, we'll be seeing at least upper 50s, low 60s, and overnight lows just below freezing through the next few days. Dry weather expected across the state through late in the work week because of that high pressure. So it's going to be pretty nice until the weekend. This weekend, I'm introducing a 10% rain chance to the forecast on Saturday and Sunday, even Monday. And depending on how that storm pans out for the weekend, I'll likely raise these rain chances. So keep that in mind if you're thinking about your weekend plans.