Bright and mild midweek; showers possible this weekend

ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) – We may have achieved weather perfection, or at least as close to late April perfection as we can come given our recent spell of breezy, cold, and at times wet weather. Expect mostly sunny skies this afternoon with high temperatures in the mid and upper 50s, just a few degrees shy of the seasonal average. We’ll also enjoy a gentle southwest breeze today.

South winds will pick up later tonight as warmer air rushes into the area. Temperatures will fall into the 40s and hover in that range throughout the night with partly cloudy skies overhead.

A stray shower or two can be expected early Thursday with occasional sunshine and clouds in the area for the rest of the day. A gusty southwest breeze will work to pull in more of that warm air during the day, at times reaching 25 miles per hour. High temperatures in the afternoon will be in the mid and upper 60s which is actually a few degrees warmer than the seasonal average, the first time that will have happened in almost two weeks! A brief shower or two will also be possible in the late afternoon and evening as a storm system approaches from the west.

Friday will feature a few isolated showers in the morning with a better chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms in the late afternoon and evening. Expect occasional sunshine between those showers with a slight north breeze and high temperatures in the low 60s.

Another area of low pressure will bring additional clouds and chances of showers to the area. Expect occasional breaks of sunshine over the weekend with a few light rain showers possible on Saturday and Sunday. Temperatures will be a bit cooler over the weekend with readings in the low 50s on Saturday and then mid-40s on Sunday. A gusty northwest breeze will add an extra chill to the air late in the weekend. The silver lining to this unsettled weather pattern is that the rainfall amounts will be on the light side, generally less than half an inch in the coming days.

After a bright, but breezy and cold day Monday that will feature high in the upper 40s, temperatures will warm a bit each day in the coming week. Readings will be in the low 50s next Tuesday with a warming trend carrying us into the mid and upper 60s by the following weekend. The best chance of rain next week will be on Friday.

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