A gradual warm up on the way

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) Dry, temperate, and mostly sunny conditions persist through the short term period. At the surface, high pressure presently centered over Quebec into northern New England will gradually slide off the Atlantic coastline through Wednesday evening, maintaining our ongoing Cold Air Damming setup. Meanwhile, ridging aloft will gradually begin to flatten today in a transition to southwesterly flow ahead of a weekend storm system. What this means for perfect weather is more of the same that we ve seen over the past week or so; overnight and morning temperatures remaining cool (lows in the 40s to low 50s Wednesday morning) temperatures moderating to more widespread 50s for many areas by Thursday morning, with highs near normal on Wednesday (high in the 70s for most). High pressure over the Southeast is expected to spin in place through the rest of the work week and into the weekend. As the days continue to grow shorter and the leaves drop, we ll need to be mindf