Days before the first dawn of fall, the area is seeing expected weather conditions, according to weather forecasters.

According to the National Weather Service, Charleston will experience a mostly clear week. During the beginning of the week, temperatures will reach the 80s with lows around 50.

The end of the week will bring partly cloudy conditions with high temperatures in the 70s and lows in the 50s. Possible showers and thunderstorms for Thursday and Friday and a partly cloudy weekend also are expected.

Dalias Price, local weather observer and former Eastern professor, said Charleston will experience early, mild fall weather.

Last Sunday was a great example, with temperatures reaching up to 73 and later dropped to 68, Price said. There will be an ideal example of fall weather this week, but there will be mild weather through the middle of October, with nice weather ahead, Price said.

It’s the time of year getting close to the equinox, which is 10 days away, Price said.

“Which is interesting,” he said. “Because many people calculate the beginning and end of fall and summer.”

Charleston has had fall weather all week except for a couple days here and there, he said.

“Pretty soon, we will begin to see color on the trees,” Price said, “which raises a little touch of concern because the season change indicates winter will be coming.”

“We had .27 inches of rain this past weekend,” Price said. “(It) will keep things looking green for a while yet.

“This time of year, with a lack of precipitation, makes for a sort of sad looking lawn,” he said. “But we have beautiful lawns.”

September is not a rainy month, Price said. September has less precipitation than other summer months, despite the abundance of rain we have received.

“The average for September is about 3 1/2 inches,” Price said. “But we received over five inches the end of August and first week of September.

“We need to enter the fall season,” Price said. “The weather may have delayed the crops to be harvested.”