Valley & State

Forecasters are generally reluctant to make bold statements.

You hear a lot of words like "probability" or "likelihood" or the dreaded "chance of . . . ."

But Tony Haffer, the lead forecaster with the National Weather Service in Phoenix, has thrown caution to the wind.

The Valley, Haffer said, has seen its last 100-degree day of the year.

Thank goodness.

There will still be highs in the 90s, but no more triple digits.

This weekend will actually bring significant cooling with a high on Sunday in the mid-80s.

"It will be wonderful," Haffer said. "It's fall. Didn't you get the memo?"

The cooling will be the result of a low-pressure system moving in from the Pacific Ocean.

It will mark the beginning of a more typical fall pattern of weather.

That means the mornings will be cool. The air will begin to dry. And by the end of the month, people will actually be looking for their sweaters.