Regional Weather View.

A cool wet fall like pattern will be setting up for the 1st week of the fall season. A backtracking low pressure system will edge back towards the region and cool, cloudy and showery conditions to parts of Minnesota Iowa, and most of Wisconsin and Illinois. Western Minnesota and Iowa as well as South and North Dakota and Missouri should be dry.

Local Weather View.

Locally we will have at least 1 day break from cloudy conditions. Saturday should be a pretty good amount of sunshine for the most part. Highs will be in the mid to upper 60s as a result of the sunshine with lows in the mid 40s. As the day goes on clouds will increase, and towards the overnight hours, there may be a sprinkle. Sunday through Tuesday there will be increasing showers and drizzle from the east it will likely be a prolonged period of clouds, coolness and drizzle. Sunday will be cooler and much more cloudy with a chance of isolated sprinkles or drizzle at any point in the day. Highs will be in the low 60s with lows in the mid 40s. Monday as the system strengthens slightly there will be a better chance of scattered showers and drizzle, it will be a chilly day with highs in the upper 50s. The drizzle may last through the night time hours. Tuesday, there will still be a chance of drizzle or a shower, but the shower chances will slowly decrease as the day goes on, and there may be a few peaks of sunshine. Highs will be in the low 60s, with lows in the mid 40s. The rain and clouds will finally clear out Tuesday into Wednesday.

Metro view.

For the Rochester Metro we can also expect Saturday to be our nice day, it will be partly cloudy with highs in the upper 60s for the metro. Sunday through Tuesday will have a chance of isolated showers or drizzle all 3 days, but Monday will be the wettest and coolest. Highs will be in the 60s Sunday with lows in the mid 40s. Monday highs will be in the upper 50s with lows in the mid 40s, and finally Tuesday will have highs in the low 60s with lows in the mid 40s. Clouds will clear Tuesday Night into Wednesday.

Saturday, Partly cloudy then increasing clouds. Highs in the mid to upper 60s. Saturday Night. isolated drizzle developing. Lows in the mid 40s

Sunday, Mostly Cloudy with the chance of isolated drizzle, highs in the low 60s. Sunday Night, Isolated drizzle possibly, Mostly cloudy with lows in the mid 40s.

Monday, Cool, Cloudy with scatted showers and drizzle, highs in the upper 50s. Monday Night, Drizzle or light rain, otherwise cloudy with lows in the mid 40s.

Tuesday, Isolated drizzle or shower still possibly, otherwise mostly cloudy with highs in the low 60s. Tuesday Night, Clearing skies, lows in the low to mid 40s.

Looking Ahead

The system which will plague Southeastern Minnesota through Midweek will finally clear out for Wednesday, Sunshine and warmer temps will come back into the picture. The sunshine and seasonable temps should last into the 1st half of next weekend. Sunday the 2nd of October will have a small chance of showers with a cold front, before it dries out and becomes sunny with seasonable temps by Monday the 3rd, lasting through the 6th. Towards the 7th a strong cold front passes bringing a shower and thunderstorm chances. along with much colder air behind it, but that doesn’t last long because warmer air and drier conditions comes right back at us towards the end of the model at October 9th.