Regional weather view.
Finally more descent looking weather for the Upper Midwest will arrive on Friday. temperatures will be much warmer in the 60s to 70, region wide, as warm air surges ahead of the next system which will bring showers and thunderstorms marching across the entire region on Saturday with it’s cold front. The thunderstorms should not be severe, It will be cooler and breezy as a result of the cold front, Things will dry out again for Friday.
Local View.
Locally we will finally get a long awaited descent day. Friday will bring us much sunnier and significantly warmer conditions. Under mostly sunny skies ans breezy conditions, highs will be about 20 degrees warmer they were Thursday, with highs that I’m expected to be in the mid to upper 60s. Winds could gust over 30MPH at times from the south. Lows Friday night will be in the mid 40s. Friday night a cold front will start to approach and showers and thunderstorms will form in the very early morning hours Saturday, but should reach here by around dawn, They will not be severe, but they could bring heavy downpours. The showers with thunder could last to around noon before it mainly becomes light rain or drizzle, skies may actually even lighten up some in the afternoon, Highs should still manage lower to middle 50s for highs, mid 30s for lows. Sunday will bring clearing skies, we may actually see a fair amount of sunshine, highs will be in the low to possible mid 50s, especially if we get more sun.
Friday, Windy and much warmer, Mostly sunny skies with highs in the mid to upper 60s. Winds could gust over 30MPH Friday Night, Partly cloudy, showers and thunderstorms develop late, lows in the middle to upper 40s.
Saturday, Windy, Showers and thunderstorms in the morning before ending, then partly sunny skies, with possible drizzle the rest of the day. Highs in the low to mid 50s. Winds gusting to near 25MPH Saturday Night, Partly cloudy lows in the low to mid 30s.
Sunday, Partly cloudy skies and breezy, highs in the low to mid 50s. Sunday Night, Clear skies, lows in the low to mid 30s.
Looking Ahead
The looking ahead forecast continues to show me up lifting news, it continues to trend warmer in each run i see, even trending warmer with the cool airmass coming for Monday May 2nd. It still looks cool, but there is a chance we may not see below freezing temperatures like earlier thought. There is still slight chance of seeing some snow again though on May 2nd, but it looks very light. By Tuesday May 3rd it dries out and becomes much warmer once again. It stays dry and warm through Wednesday the 4th, before a cool front brings a chance of showers and thunderstorms along with cooler temperatures arriving just in time for Friday. Then a significant warm up, possibly a pattern changing warm up insures us much warmer temps on Saturday May 7th, showers follow ahead of the warm airmass. It dries out Sunday through Wednesday 8-11, and even shows signs and becoming very warm. A system brings a chance of thunderstorms on the Thursday the 12th before it drys out and remains mild as we approach the 14th. Because the models are showing a potentially trend to a warmer but wet pattern, we will have to watch closely as we are in our severe weather season.