Rain primarily stays west for the weekend
We're ending the work week with some welcomed sunshine across southeast Wisconsin! It won't stay that way all weekend, or even all day today, but we'll take what we can get!
The meandering low pressure system that brought us a little light rain yesterday into last night is still hanging out in Illinois and Iowa.
The proximity of the low combined with our current humidity may cause a few isolated showers or storms to pop this afternoon or early evening.
A more prominent low pressure system will set up over the northern Plains Saturday and Sunday, while a strong area of high pressure anchors itself north of the Great Lakes. These two systems will be competing against each other with the dry air from the high to our north winning out more than rain to the west.
Showers and storms will become more widespread tonight in Iowa and western Wisconsin. This widespread area of rain will largely track from western to northern Wisconsin heading into Saturday morning, but a few isolated showers are possible in SE WI as well.
More dry air builds in Saturday afternoon, which should allow for some sunshine. By Saturday evening, strong to severe storms will be developing in Iowa and Minnesota, but they'll struggle to hold together as they move across the Badger State due to the aforementioned dry air.
A majority of Sunday will be dry as well, but we'll have more cloud cover. Rain will be close by across the central portion of the state, which may creep into western Fond du Lac, Dodge, or Jefferson counties at times.
By Sunday evening and Sunday night, a few spotty light showers are possible across SE WI. These may continue into early Monday morning.
Rainfall totals across SE WI through the weekend will range between 0 and .25" with the highest totals well west. The western half of the state could pick up a couple inches of rain, which they desperately need with the ongoing extreme to exceptional drought.
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