ALERT DAY is in effect for severe t-storms this evening! Dry & Quiet for Friday

W H AT WE ARE TRACKING: A cold front brings more showers and strong to severe thunderstorms this evening and overnight before dry and cooler air arrives for Friday.  Pleasant and quiet conditions are expected for Labor Day Weekend.

NEXT 24 HRS: A line or several lines of thunderstorms associated with the cold front should move through the area just after the evening commute, eventually pushing east of the area after midnight. The main line should move through the area between 7 pm – 1 am. The main risk of these storms is damaging winds. Heavy rain is also possible in localized areas, especially in NE Iowa and SW Wisconsin, where the storms become more west-to-east oriented and train over the same location. Cloud cover decreases after the activity diminishes tonight, with temperatures falling in the 60s. Less humid and drier arrives on Friday with sunny skies by the afternoon. Temperatures will only climb into the 70s to low 80s with a breeze from the north.

LOOKING AHEAD: Although we see a brief warmup on Saturday, even cooler air arrives behind another dry cold front by Sunday. High temperatures fall from the 80s on Saturday to the 60s and 70s on Sunday through Tuesday. High temperatures will slowly return to seasonable by the second half of next week, with another cool down associated with a cold front by the following weekend (back to the 60s/70s). Overall, the weather pattern looks quiet on Labor Day weekend and all of next week.

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