The Daily News  reports that despite a smattering of rain predicted for early today, weather officials issued a fire watch to last through Friday. High winds are predicted along with humidity dropping into the teens in the wake of the brief storm that blew through.

The National Weather Service’s fire-weather watch will take effect this afternoon and run through Friday afternoon with the chance that it will be upgraded to a more pressing red flag warning.

Today will continue cool with high temperatures in the low to mid-50s and winds of 35 to 45 mph, marked by gusts up to 70 mph in the passes and canyons. Overnight lows will dip into the 30s. Friday will be much the same with winds diminishing through the weekend and into the New Year.