Temperatures will throttle up, making it feel like a second summer for some parts of the U.S., including drought-stricken areas.
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00:00 A lot of cool weather so far this week across the Midwest, but that is going to change as
00:04 we are looking at a significant warm up this weekend and what looks to be a very warm dry
00:10 start to next week.
00:11 All right, let's talk about the cool weather that we've seen.
00:14 It's all because of this, this upper level low that we've been tracking here.
00:19 Here it is right near Peoria here.
00:22 This low has been sitting here.
00:24 Now, let me show you what's going on with this, because on the northern side of this
00:29 upper low, what are you getting?
00:30 You're getting the wind flow out of the north.
00:32 That's why it's been cool.
00:33 But I will say this, where you have the sun coming out, it's not going to be all that
00:35 bad today.
00:36 Look at all the dry air from Fargo towards Sioux Falls, denoted by the yellow shading.
00:40 Of course, this is the moisture east of the upper low.
00:43 That's why we're looking at some thunderstorms as we go through today.
00:46 Now, this upper low, where's it going?
00:48 Friday and into the weekend, it's heading in toward the northeast.
00:51 High pressure builds in behind it, and then we're going to start changing our wind flow
00:54 this weekend.
00:55 It's going to start coming in out of the south.
00:57 So all of the warmth that's been building in Texas, southwest states, is going to be
01:01 coming eastward.
01:02 Notice the change in temperatures.
01:04 It is going to be dramatic.
01:05 So we go from 71 degrees in Green Bay as we head toward tomorrow to the middle 80s on
01:10 Saturday.
01:11 80s in Chicago.
01:12 90s this weekend in St. Louis.
01:16 Look at all this warmth going on here from Fargo, Sioux Falls toward Omaha.
01:21 So a little taste of summer.
01:22 Now, next week, I think it gets even warmer here as we get an upper-level high that builds
01:27 across the Plains states, and we're going to start challenging records here in cities
01:30 like Duluth, Fargo, Sioux Falls, Omaha, and Kansas City.
01:34 This is an area that does need rain.
01:37 I don't see any next week.
01:39 Thank you.
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