SAVANNAH, Ga. () — Fall begins Monday at 2:19 PM, but the true fall weather will hold off for a few days.

Sunday brought another warm and muggy day, but a breeze out of the northeast helped make it feel a bit better. Rain chances held off for most of the area, but spotty showers developed shortly before sunset as the sea breeze moved inland.

Northeast winds continue overnight Sunday and through much of Monday. Another mild and somewhat muggy start will give way to a warm and humid afternoon. It will be slightly cooler due to the elevated winds and more cloud cover, along with 20% rain chances.

Stray showers are possible for the coastal areas, and spotty showers cannot be ruled out for inland areas. Temperatures will top out in the mid and upper 80s, which will be the coolest day of the workweek.

A hot and humid pattern will settle in for much of the week. Morning temperatures will be in the 70s for some, and upper 80s to lower 90s are expected for the afternoons. Humidity will be higher as well due to southerly winds.

A storm system with a trailing cold front will move into the region by the end of the week. Rain chances will increase Thursday through the weekend, with scattered thunderstorms possible Friday into Saturday with the passage of the front.

Milder air will make its way into the Coastal Empire and Lowcountry by next weekend, with Fall air potentially settling in afterward.

The tropics have a few changes, with Gabrille intensifying into a hurricane and two other disturbances to watch.

Gabrielle has become a hurricane as of the 5 PM advisory. The next 48 hours or so will give the storm an opportunity to intensify into a major hurricane before turning northeast into the North Atlantic.

Gabrielle will pass to the east of Bermuda and remain well off the east coast of the US. Our area may find higher swells for marine and beach interests, with rip currents being an issue this week.

A new area to watch, located 500 miles east of the Caribbean, has 20% odds of becoming a tropical depression or named storm over the next seven days. This was the first of the two disturbances to come off of Africa over the last week.

The trailing disturbance is showing improving organization, and the National Hurricane Center is giving it a 50% chance of developing into a tropical depression or named storm over the next seven days. Both of these features do not have any signals of becoming a strong system, and guidance turns them safely northward.

There continues to be no tropical threats for the Coastal Empire and Lowcountry.