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Huge temperature increase over holiday weekend

Huge temperature increase over holiday weekend

Much warmer air is headed to the city and promises to send area temps into the lower 90s on Memorial Day.
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  • 6 PM
    Partly cloudy,
    55°
  • 7 PM
    Partly cloudy,
    54°
  • 8 PM
    Mostly cloudy,
    54°
  • 9 PM
    Mostly cloudy,
    53°
  • 10 PM
    Mostly cloudy,
    53°
  • 11 PM
    Thunderstorms,
    53°
  • 12 AM
    Thunderstorms,
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  • 1 AM
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  • 2 AM
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  • 3 AM
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  • 4 AM
    Thunderstorms,
    52°
  • 5 AM
    Thunderstorms,
    51°
  • 6 AM
    Thunderstorms,
    51°
  • 7 AM
    Thunderstorms,
    53°
  • 8 AM
    Thunderstorms,
    56°
  • 9 AM
    Thunderstorms,
    61°
  • 10 AM
    Thunderstorms,
    65°
  • 11 AM
    Thunderstorms,
    68°
  • 12 PM
    Thunderstorms,
    70°
  • 1 PM
    Thunderstorms,
    71°
  • 2 PM
    Thunderstorms,
    72°
  • 3 PM
    Thunderstorms,
    72°
  • 4 PM
    Thunderstorms,
    72°
  • 5 PM
    Thunderstorms,
    72°

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Tom Skilling's forecast
  • Friday
    Mostly clear
    HI
    61°
    LO
    47°
    Precipitation-free for the first time in a week! Multiday warm-up gets under way this afternoon. A chilly start but temperatures rise fairly quickly under plentiful morning sunshine. Some clouds arrive during the afternoon. Northeast winds averaging 8-18 mph restrict north lakeshore highs to about 50 degrees while the warmest inland locations reach the middle and upper 60s. Partly cloudy and cool Friday night. Coolest inland lows in the lower 40s.
  • Saturday
    Mostly cloudy
    HI
    73°
    LO
    61°
    Increasing cloudiness, warmer, more humid. Showers and thunderstorms develop over at least half of the area during the afternoon. Highs return to late-May normals.
  • Sunday
    Mostly cloudy
    HI
    80°
    LO
    67°
    A good deal of cloudiness, widely scattered showers and perhaps a thunderstorm. Large north-south temperature spread with highs from the lower 60s north lakeshore to near 90 far south.
  • Monday
    Mostly clear
    HI
    92°
    LO
    71°
    Turning mostly sunny, windy, noticeably warmer and more humid. Afternoon highs among the warmest for a Memorial Day in 33 years and near the 1953 record of 93 degrees for the date.
  • Tuesday
    Mostly cloudy
    HI
    89°
    LO
    58°
    Partly sunny, windy, continued very warm and humid. A thunderstorm or two cannot be ruled out later in the day as cooler air moves into the area.
  • Wednesday
    Mostly clear
    HI
    76°
    LO
    55°
    Mostly sunny, noticeably cooler and less humid. Initially gusty northeast winds diminish during the afternoon. Inland highs near 80 degrees; upper 60s near the lake.
  • Thursday
    Mostly cloudy
    HI
    80°
    LO
    68°
    Sunshine with increasing cloudiness in the afternoon. A few gusty late-night thunderstorms possible. East winds become southeast later in the day.

Right Now

Cloudy
55°
HI 61°|LO 47°


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