Milwaukee weather: Big changes ahead

All right, let's take a live look outside because is this the best streak of weather we've ever had in Wisconsin in the history of earth? Yes, I know it's a bold statement. It really has been so nice, Ben. In fact, I was looking back because we have some rain in our forecast, but I was looking back. We had a seven day dry stretch from October 2nd to the 8th. It's just the temperatures, especially last week. It was a little cooler. They were perfect. But then we got a little blast of heat, so we're not done with it. And it's still humid and hot today compared to what we should be right and a 10 degree drop compared to yesterday which is notable but yes we are going to see much cooler temperatures in the days ahead so even today we need to take advantage of number one the sun and number two the 70s now at 72 in milwaukee lake breeze has kicked in elsewhere though temperatures are in the mid 70s waukesha 75 look at kenosha 78 watertown right around 76 degrees and we will continue to see you know mild temperatures the next couple of hours but then overnight tonight gradually begin to drop temperatures right now as we just talked about a good 10 to 15 degrees cooler than yesterday that just goes to show how hot yesterday really was and just to recap if you missed it yesterday's high temperature of 87 shattered the previous record of 83 degrees and look at the heat down south out ahead of the cold front now the cold front has moved through our area we'll really feel it tomorrow and the rest of the week but look at out ahead of it that warmth we had yesterday now down in places like indianapolis look at st louis it's 93 degrees kansas city also in the upper 80s but then you look behind the frontal boundary and this is a back to reality view as you see across Minnesota and the Dakotas with a mixture of 40s 50s and 60s as you look at places like Sioux Falls the cold front has passed although it's worth mentioning that it's stalled in northern Illinois. That's still going to keep a little bit of moisture in our area through the evening through the night. We're starting to see some showers across southern Minnesota as well as northern Iowa both of which moving towards the northeast. We have the chance to see that activity closer to 9 or 10 p.m. So again we're still clear we're still dry for now but we'll really watch this activity out towards the west. Once again even this cluster with which earlier had some lightning in it and it may still at this point moving northeast so that would more so cut across some of our northern communities but we'll see if anything else develops that could bring us a chance for just a couple showers maybe a rumble of thunder later on tonight let's check in with SkyVision Plus so clear skies for now but then as we get closer to about 9 p.m we could see some of that rain maybe a rumble of thunder moving through into about midnight waking up dry Wednesday morning but tomorrow I do think we'll see more cloud cover. It could very well end up being a pretty overcast day. I'm not expecting the rain. I am expecting the cloud cover. Different story for Thursday. Thursday is actually going to bring in yet another storm system and that's going to bring in a steadier batch of rain. Maybe not right at the beginning. This is 6-7 a.m. but notice how the rain really fills in by the second half of Thursday. So afternoon and evening looking pretty soggy. We could also have just a few lingering showers the first half of Friday but then later in the day we'll start to see decreasing clouds and eventually sunshine throughout the weekend. But just know temperatures are looking cooler. There's a lot of changes in the next couple of days. Six-day planner showing cloud cover tomorrow, low 60s, then rain showers for Thursday. Friday is going to be a windy and much cooler day and then chilly Saturday morning, Ben. we could see frost across some of our inland areas.