Cooler start to the month of August

It's possible.  After two weeks of the temperature reaching 80 degrees or higher, our warm streak could be ending for a short time when we flip the calendar page over to August.

A cool front Friday afternoon will set up shop across the Midwest and Great Lakes into the weekend.  As it wobbles back and forth throughout the Illinois, periodic rain chances will be in place through Monday night.

After that, a second and stronger front will move through Tuesday followed by high pressure Wednesday and Thursday.  It's with that high that temperatures may only reach the upper 70's for highs.  Something we haven't felt since July 16th.  The 8-14 day outlook from the Climate Prediction Center holds on to the idea that the cooler weather could be sticking around for the first couple of weeks of August.