Temperatures Wednesday afternoon warmed into the upper 70s/low 80s under partly cloudy skies and a gusty southerly wind. It was a beautiful day but the winds of change are coming this afternoon and so are the colder temperatures.
It's going to feel a lot different later this afternoon than what we're experiencing this morning, so make sure you have your jacket with you. A strong cold front sits just to the northwest of the Stateline from Wausau, WI to Cedar Rapids, IA into western Missouri. Rain and thunderstorms have been forming right behind the front with snow falling further west in the heart of the colder air. Temperatures will briefly rise into the low to mid 70s around Noon ahead of the cold front but once the front passes we'll lose 10-15 degrees within a couple hours and then drop a couple degrees every hour into the evening. Temperatures will fall into the 50s by 5pm with the 40s by 6pm.
Thunderstorms will also move in from west to east beginning around 1pm to the west and move across northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin into the evening. A heavier band of rain and thunderstorms may occur around 5pm/6pm as stronger winds in the jet stream move out of Iowa and into Wisconsin. This may cause some of the rain to increase in intensity through the evening before ending around midnight. We'll drop into the 30s tonight and only rise into the upper 40s and low 50s by Friday.
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