Milwaukee Weather: Perseid meteor shower tonight and more fog
Forecast from FOX6 Chief Meteorologist Tom Wachs
MILWAUKEE - Clearing skies tonight. Great viewing for the peak of the Perseid Meteor Shower overnight. Start looking NE after 11pm. Fog will be developing and wildfire smoke will be in our skies as well.
Increasing clouds on Thursday with morning fog. Midday rain showers are likely with a quarter of an inch or less. Highs in the mid-70s.
Mostly cloudy with a slight chance for t-storms. Highs in the mid-to-upper 70s. We might smell wildfire smoke at the surface late Thursday into Friday.
T-Storm chances on Saturday. Warm and humid with highs in the low-to-mid 80s. Only a slight chance for a t-storm on Sunday.
Tonight: Clearing skies. Areas of dense fog developing. Perseid Meteor Shower.
Low: 68°
Dew point: 68°
Wind: NE 5
Thursday: Midday rain showers. Less than 0.25". Humid.
High: 76°
Dew point: 68°
Wind: E 5-10
Friday: 75 Lake. Mostly cloudy. Slight chance for t-storms.
AM Low: 67° High: 79° Inland, 75° Lake
Dew point: 65°
Wind: SE 5-10
Saturday: Chance for t-storms. Warm and humid.
AM Low: 70° High: 83°
Dew point: 72°
Wind: SSW 5-10
Sunday: Partly sunny with a slight chance for t-storms.
AM Low: 72° High: 83°
Dew point: 68°
Wind: NNW 5-10
Monday: Partly sunny. Less humid.
AM Low: 67° High: 82°
Dew point: 63°
Wind: WSW 5-10
Tuesday: Partly sunny. Less humid.
AM Low: 66° High: 84°
Dew point: 63°
Wind: SW 5-10
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