NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) - With clear skies, dry air and a light cold north flow, temperatures will drop into the 30s throughout the region Monday night.

McKinney will see the lowest temperatures overnight, hitting 30 degrees, while Denton should hit 31. Expect Fort Worth to drop to 36, Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport to see 37 degrees and Dallas to hit 38.

Outside of this frigid Monday evening, the rest of the week looks rather promising. Highs will hover in the upper 60s to near 70 Tuesday with mostly sunny skies and light southeasterly winds.

Wednesday and Thursday will see lows in the 70s with mostly sunny skies, although a few more clouds will be with us Thursday as moisture from the Gulf of Mexico begins to return to the area.

Friday will be mostly cloudy as another storm system gets cranking in the Central Plains. This will keep North Texas cloudy through most of the day with some sunshine sneaking in during the afternoon.

A cold front arrives Friday night into Saturday morning. Like what we saw Sunday, air at the surface will be capped by warmer air above from rising into the sky and creating a thunderstorm. And to get a storm, air must rise.

This cap will be particularly strong during the day. At night as the front nears, the region will likely see some scattered showers with storms above this cap. These would be non-severe, but they still could produce some hail.

The favored area for rain would be in the northeastern counties.

The cold front will bring North Texas cooler weather for the weekend. It will become sunny Saturday with highs near the 60s. Sunday will be partly sunny with highs near 65. Winds will increase Sunday evening and could be gusty by Monday of next week.

Winds will not be very strong over the next few days, though, so wildfires will not be a concern for North Texas. Humidity will also rise throughout the week leading up to the Friday night cold front.

Even in West Texas the winds will relax, but humidity will remain low.