North winds have been rather blustery throughout most of the afternoon, gusting around 30 mph from time to time. Winds will ease some as high pressure moves into Missouri overnight, keeping a light breeze from the northwest through Wednesday morning. This will allow overnight lows to fall into the upper 20s/low 30s under mostly clear skies.
Temperatures have been rather chilly throughout most of the afternoon with highs warming only into the low 50s. And while Wednesday will be another cool afternoon, temperatures will quickly warm into the upper 60s Thursday, and then 70s by the weekend.
The abrupt change in the weather pattern can be traced back to a strong ridge of high pressure moving into western Canada the last few days, dislodging the colder air to the north. Strong low pressure and a series of cold fronts last weekend were able to pull that colder air mass south.
As the ridge breaks down the next few days it'll begin to shift east. This will allow temperatures not only aloft to warm, but also down near the surface due to sinking air. High temperatures by the weekend are expected to warm through the low to mid 70s, with overnight lows back into the 40s.
Long-range outlooks continue to hold on to the warm pattern through most of the month with a higher probability for above average temperatures. The average high through the end of the month drops into the mid-50s.
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