Overview: Temperatures warm back into the mid-70s for Monday with a chance of severe weather. The week seems primed for rain with gusty winds on Tuesday.
Today: A calm and cool morning settles over Milwaukee, with early lows of 53 degrees. As the day goes on, a warm front moves in, bringing a long bout of rain. While the eye of this storm is centered in central Iowa, the Storm Prediction Center has southeastern Wisconsin under a marginal risk for severe weather. Afternoon highs will be muddied by the rain, only reaching 75 degrees. Wind gusts will get a little stronger to around 22 mph as the rain moves through, but otherwise expect mostly calm winds throughout the day.
Tonight: This evening, the skies will be cloudy and dry, with temperatures of 65 degrees. The calm winds will persist.
Tomorrow: A similar pattern will affect Tuesday, as the warm front slowly gives way to a quickly following cold front. This means a strong chance of more bouts of rain, likely starting in the early morning, with scattered showers persisting into the late afternoon. The quick changes in systems will provide stronger winds this day; expect them in the 20-mph range. The high for Tuesday will be 84 with a low of 68.
Extended: Surprise, surprise, more rain is expected on Wednesday! With a high of 88 and more warm air flooding into the area, showers will persist throughout the afternoon. Winds will be fairly calm, and the low is 70 degrees. Thursday is similar, with a high of 87 and a low of 68 degrees. The same pattern is set up, so expect midday scattered showers on Thursday and humid air to follow. Friday has the best chance for clear skies all week, although don’t rule out the occasional isolated sprinkle. Friday will have a high temperature of 83 degrees and a low of 64.
