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OVERNIGHT: Becoming mostly cloudy, windy and cooler. Winds will be out of the North/northeast at 15-25 mph, gradually diminishing overnight. Low: 47.
Markedly cooler conditions are ahead on Thursday as there will be no repeat of the 70s and 80s of recent days.
The day will open with extensive cloud cover, but skies will clear out by/during the afternoon as a chilly Canadian high pressure system takes hold of our weather.
Official highs will only reach the upper 50s, a level nearly 10 degrees below normal. Even the warmest far west/southwest suburbs, who recently enjoyed temperatures in the low 80s, will only top out in the lower 60s.
A gusty NNE wind off Lake Michigan’s chilly lake waters is behind the cooler weather.
Clear skies, diminishing winds and extremely dry air at the surface is the perfect recipe for radiational cooling. Some inland locations may dip down to frost level early Friday morning.
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Following a chilly morning Friday, temperatures will begin a slow and steady climb throughout the weekend and into next week.
The lone exception will be for areas near Lake Michigan where a pesky lake breeze (easterly wind) will be prevalent each of the next five days.
This will result in much cooler conditions for areas near the lake compared to inland locations.
Nine Day Temperature Forecast
Real summerlike warmth is showing up with some 90s expected for portions of the upper Midwest by this weekend. Overall, a significant warming trend on tap into the middle of next week with plenty of 80s and 90s showing up!
Rainfall Forecast
Zero or little rainfall is expected for the Midwest into the Great Lakes through mid-month. But rainfall is way above normal for the Gulf into the Southeast.
Huge rainfall totals are expected for Florida and south Georgia over the next 7-days! Not all bad news for an area that’s been in drought for months, but these amounts could definitely lead to flooding.
Full Day Temperature Anomaly Forecast
In the next 7 days, temperatures are forecast to be significantly below normal for North Texas, with the sub-normal area extending into portions of the Ohio Valley. Much above normal for the Dakotas.
The warmth shifts east by the third week of May with a large area of above normal temperatures expected.
8 p.m. Sunset Approaching
May’s Warming Trend
Normal highs rise from 65 degrees on May 1 to 76 degrees by the end of the month.
