SAVANNAH, Ga. () — On Thursday morning, residents of the Coastal Empire and Lowcountry faced some of the coldest temperatures recorded this season.

Inland areas saw the mercury dip into the 30s, although the day warmed up considerably, peaking in the upper 70s to low 80s by afternoon.

Looking ahead to Friday and the weekend, mainly sunny skies will usher in warm afternoons. However, mornings will start off on the cooler side, with temperatures ranging from the 40s to the low 50s.

The abundant sunshine will help temperatures rise swiftly, reaching the mid to upper 70s during the day.

As a new storm system makes its way toward the area on Sunday, there is a chance of a few isolated showers late in the day and possibly extending into Monday morning.

A cold fort is forecast to move through on Monday and it will bring with it the chance for scattered showers. A few pockets of heavy rain are possible.

Afternoon high temperatures will reach the upper 60s to lower 70s.

Tuesday and Wednesday will be partly cloudy with a few passing showers. Afternoon high temperatures will remain below normal in the upper 60s to lower 70s.

Another cold front is forecast to move through the southeast on Thursday. A few scattered showers are possible throughout the day.

Highs will be in the upper 60s and lower 70s again.

A strong breeze will make conditions feel a little cooler at times.

Halloween and into next weekend look to be mainly sunny and cooler behind Thursday’s cold front as high pressure builds into the region.

TRACKING THR TROPICS

Tropical Storm Melissa is still located in the central Caribbean Sea.

It is a ragged looking system on satellite imagery as of Thursday evening due to it encountering some windshear. However, there are some bursts of convective thunderstorms that have been developing near the center of circulation.

Melissa has sustained wind of 45 mph as of 8 p.m. EDT with higher wind gusts. It is nearly stationary as it drifts northward at just 2 mph.

This system is forecast to become better organized and intensify as it moves toward Jamacia over the weekend and into next week.

Melissa is currently forecast to brus along the southern coast of Jamacia as a category 4 hurricane on Monday and Tuesday.

Long-range guidance indicates that Melissa will begin to turn to the north toward Cuba by the middle of next week. Eventually Melissa should cross over into the western Atlantic over the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos later in the week.

It will likely stay well away from the southeastern U.S. coast as a couple of cold fronts are forecast to move off of the coast. Added wind shear and cooler water temperatures will help to weaken Melissa.

Tropical Storm Melissa poses no threat to the U.S. at this time.