Milwaukee Weather: AM showers and thunderstorms
Forecast from FOX6 Chief Meteorologist Rob Haswell
MILWAUKEE - Thursday morning starts damp with scattered showers, but we'll dry things out during the later afternoon and we stay quiet into Thursday night. Friday is mainly dry to start, but showers and storms will begin increasing from west to east later in the day. The wettest stretch arrives Friday night into Saturday, when widespread storms could produce locally heavy rain and flooding. We'll keep a chance for additional storms Saturday afternoon and evening before lighter, more scattered rain chances linger Sunday into Monday. The pattern finally starts settling down Tuesday, with drier weather taking over by the middle of next week.
Today: 66 Lake. Showers likely. Drying up late day and overnight.
High: 70°
Wind: NE 5-10
Tonight: Partly cloudy.
Low: 60°
Wind: NNE 3-7
Friday: Dry early then more rain and a chance of thunderstorms late day and overnight.
High: 68°
Wind: E 5-15
Saturday: Rain and thunderstorms likely. Periods of heavy rain and localized flooding possible.
AM Low: 60° High: 72°
Wind: SSE 5-10
Sunday: Chance of showers.
AM Low: 58° High: 68°
Wind: NE 10-20
Monday: Chance of showers.
AM Low: 54° High: 66°
Wind: E 10-20
Tuesday: Slight chance of showers.
AM Low: 52° High: 68°
Wind: E 5-10
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