Weather

Partly cloudy skies tonight with temperatures dropping into the low 40s near the lake to mid and upper 30s inland. Partly cloudy skies Thursday with highs in the mid-50s and breezy at times. Mostly cloudy on Friday for Halloween and cooler with a slight chance of showers at night. A few more showers are possible Saturday, then drying back out with sunshine heading into early next week.

Watching rain and thunderstorms this morning with a chance for stronger or severe storms in parts of southern Wisconsin. After the storms wind down we will still warm into the upper 80s and low 90s with high dewpoints. We remain hot and sticky Thursday and into Friday. The heat will break by the weekend. After today the next chance for rain comes on Friday and lingers into early Saturday morning.

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Mostly sunny to partly cloudy Sunday with highs in the mid-80s. The heat continues to build into next week in the 90s. The hottest days will be Wednesday and Thursday. Daily chances of storms in the forecast this upcoming week.

Another smoky start to our day with the Air Quality Alert in place until Noon. Air quality should improve by this afternoon. Hot and very humid for the next several days. Highs will be in the low 90s today and tomorrow with dewpoints in the upper 60s and low 70s. There is a slight risk of showers or thunderstorms mostly north of the Milwaukee Metro today and a better chance of rain and thunderstorms across SE Wisconsin tomorrow. We warm even further Thursday and stay in the 90s Friday before a very welcome break on the weekend.

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Scattered storms today but the heat returns this week

Smoky conditions today with an Air Quality Alert until Noon on Tuesday. We heat up this week with upper 80s likely today - although cooler lakeside. We hit the 90s on Tuesday and stay in the 90s through Friday. Some relief possible lakeside. High dewpoints near 70 for a few days will make things feel even hotter. Take care.

An air quality alert was issued for all of southeast Wisconsin until noon Tuesday, July 25 due to Canadian wildfire smoke. Meanwhile, the FOX6 Weather Experts say the heat and humidity return starting Tuesday, with a high in the low 90s and a heat index of 99 Wednesday and 102 Thursday.

Temperatures climb into next week with only isolated storm chances moving forward.

Heat is back next week as temps climb into the 90s

Nice heading into the weekend with mostly spotty rain potential

High pressure moves to our east and a disturbance moves in from the west today and tonight. Highs today will reach the low to mid 80s with cooler conditions lakeside. A stronger lake breeze will push inland in the later afternoon. Showers and thunderstorms are possible overnight into early Thursday morning. We dry up again Friday and Saturday. Rain is possible again on Sunday and into Monday. Much warmer air arrives next week.

High pressure again dominates our forecast keeping us calm and clear. Highs will reach 80 today in most areas but will fall lakeside as a lake breeze develops later in the afternoon. A disturbance arrives late Wednesday with rain and thunderstorms expected overnight into early Thursday. We warm up and get a bit more humid later this week and a bigger warm up arrives early next week.

Other than some rain chances Thursday morning we're looking good into the weekend

Pop-up showers possible into the weekend otherwise nice and getting warm to end July

We're in our hottest period of the year but still no big heat wave at least for awhile...

Wildfire smoke sticks around until Monday, isolated storm chances Sunday afternoon and evening.