First Alert Forecast: Windy this afternoon, warmer to start the work week

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - A cool Saturday in which many areas struggled to get out of the 40s will at least for now not be a sign of things to come, with a warm-up to start the work week.

We keep the breezy conditions we saw on Saturday, but the difference will be in the direction the gusts are coming from. A strong west wind with gusts between 20-25mph this afternoon will warm afternoon high temperatures 5-7 degrees higher than they were on Saturday, pushing us into the upper 50s.

A return to more sunshine will continue the warming trend, with the area pushing into the lower 60s by Tuesday. However, this likely marks the warmest day of the next week, as a big cool down begins by mid-week. Temperatures cool to near normal and then perhaps a few degrees below that, with clouds returning and high temperatures only in the middle 40s by Friday.