Friday morning weather update: Gloomy start this morning

Moisture from the Gulf continues to stream northward ahead of a cold front that's passing through northwest Illinois this morning causing extensive cloud cover and even a few light showers.  Looks like the cold front will pass between 9am and 10am taking the threat for rain with it by this afternoon.  Drier air moving in with a breezy northwest wind should allow the clouds to thin a little by the afternoon, but a look further upstream across the Dakotas shows additional low stratus clouds beginning to develop.  These may move into parts of the area this evening and overnight.

High pressure moves through Wisconsin this weekend dropping temperatures into the upper 60s/low 70s Saturday and Sunday.  Quiet weather will remain in place through the beginning of next week.