AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Hot temperatures are here to stay for the week ahead of the very first day of fall this weekend. Afternoon highs will soar well into the 90s today, not likely to reach records but still run 5°-8° hotter than where they should be for this time of year. Mainly sunny skies can be expected areawide with only a slim chance at a spot shower/storm returning to the Hill Country today (<10%). Isolated shower possible (<10%) Monday afternoon/evening but the majority of us stay dry Quiet, hot and sunny weather will take us through the end of the work week. Not until this weekend do we start talking about the potential for rain again as a boundary approaches the area. Unfortunately, even this rain chance looks minimal... but at the very least, temperatures do start to tick down a few degrees. Hotter than average for the next 7+ days Tracking the tropics Potential Tropical Cyclone 8 continues to struggle with its inner circulation off the coast of South Carolina. Further organization is no longer expected with PTC 8 expected to make landfall between Charleston and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina later today. Potential Tropical Cyclone 8 latest track BLOG: First freeze? When temperatures drop to 32º in Central Texas NEW BLOG: Weak & short La Niña coming: How it impacts winter FIRST WARNING WEATHER: Stay up to date with your Central Texas forecast, sign up for our weather newsletter at kxan.com/newsletters Stay up-to-date with the First Warning Weather team Follow the KXAN First Warning Weather team on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. You can also follow our meteorologists' individual accounts for livestreams and a little bit of what goes on behind the scenes: @JimSpencerKXAN @KristenCurrieTV @NickBanninWX @FreddyVelaWx @TommyHouseWx