Temperatures Saturday afternoon were rather chilly, only warming into the mid and upper 60s despite the sun-filled skies. We'll see a few clouds move through overnight which will give way to some higher-level cloud cover Sunday morning. Overnight lows will dip into the low 40s, the coolest we've felt in several months!
As high pressure continues to dominate the skies through the week temperatures will continue to warm, reaching the mid-70s Sunday afternoon and then warming into the 80s next week. In fact, temperatures are going to warm into the mid and upper 80s thanks to plenty of sunshine and a dry air mass.
High pressure stretching from the Great Lakes down into the Southeast will block gulf moisture from reaching the Midwest and Great Lakes. This, combined with the relatively dry ground, will help temperatures warm rather efficiently during the afternoon. It also means that overnight lows will be very comfortable, falling into the 50s most nights.
High temperatures by the middle to end of the week could even be approaching 90 degrees in some locations. For now, the current forecast has 87 Wednesday, 88 Thursday, and 87 Friday. By the weekend, leftover moisture from what could turn into our next tropical system currently in the western Gulf of Mexico will try to lift north through the Mississippi Valley. However, it'll encounter dry air likely falling apart some as it nears northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin.
So, until then our dry conditions will continue, and our short-term precipitation deficits will continue to grow.
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