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Impact Day: Scattered showers

Impact Day: Scattered showers

SPORTS. I'M DARIO MELENDEZ. LINDSEY: YOUR WEATHER RIGHT NOW ON A DAY OF SPEEDS. SOME PEOPLE WAKE UP TO RAIN, OTHERS DON'T SEE IT YET. LINDSEY: RIGHT, SOME KIND OF APPOINTMENT WITH SPOKEN SHOWERS. THROUGHOUT THE DAY THE GROUP OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DECLINE. THAT'S THE WORST IT'S GOING TO BE ALL DAY LONG. THE CHANCE OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT FIVE DAYS – I'M ENTRYING IN AS LOW TODAY. YES, IT'S RAINING, BUT IT'S A LOW SPEED EVENT. I'M NOT EXPECTING ANYTHING LIKE SUNDAY WHICH HAD HEAVY TO MODERATE RAIN SHOWERS ALL DAY. THERE WAS RAIN – THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL. TODAY THAT'S NOT A GREAT REASON. THERE MAY BE RAIN DURING THE MORNING TRIP, BUT THAT'S ALL. THEN THERE ARE LOW CHANCES SATURDAY EVENING INTO SUNDAY WHICH ALL DEPENDS ON THE TROPICAL SYSTEM STILL BUILDING IN THE SOUTHEAST OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA. AS FAR AS THE POTENTIAL FOR RAIN IS FOND DU LAC, BEAVERDAM, WATERTOWN, THESE ARE SOME OF THE PLACES I'M NOT EXPECTING A LOT OF RAIN, MAINLY BECAUSE THE LOWEST RAIN IS LEAVING THROUGH CHICAGO AND MICHIGAN. IF YOU'RE IN THAT HIGH ZONE, THAT JUST MEANS YOU HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF GETTING THAT RAIN, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE RADAR LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW. WHEN YOU'RE GETTING READY FOR WORK AND DOING THINGS WITHOUT LOOKING AT THAT SCREEN. NOW IS THE TIME TO LOOK BECAUSE IT'LL TELL YOU THE WHOLE WEATHER SCENARIO IN A FLASH. RIGHT. RIGHT NOW IT'S RAINING AT THE AIRPORT. — RIGHT NOW IT'S RAINING AT THE AIRPORT. A NEARBY AREA OF LOW PRESSURE. IT'S ONLY HITTING US IN THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PART OF THE STATE. A TOTAL OF LESS THAN A HALF AN INCH OF RAINFALL. TODAY WE COULD SEE WATERSPOUTS. I DON'T EXPECT IT TO MOVE ON LAND, BUT YOU COULD SEE IT. IF YOU ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO SEE ONE, THEY ARE INCREDIBLY AMAZING AND PROBABLY WON'T HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON US. BUT JUST BECAUSE OF THE LOWEST PRESSURE WE COULD SEE WATERSPOUTS AHEAD. RIGHT NOW IT'S RAINING IN KENOSHA AND REACHING SOUTHERN MILWAUKEE COUNTY. IT WON'T BE THAT BAD ALL DAY. I'M NOT EXPECTING CONTINUOUS RAIN. IT WILL BE VERY ERRORSTY UNTIL THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. YOUR WORK WEEK IS LOOKIN' GOOD, TEMPERATURES ARE BACK TO THE MID-25S, WHICH IS ABOVE AVERAGE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. THEN WE'LL GET TO THE WEEKEND AND THE CHANCES OF RAIN WILL INCREASE AGAIN. 10:00 AM, NOT MUCH GOING ON HERE. IT'S MOSTLY AWAY FROM US. THE LOW WEIGHT IS VERY SOUTHEAST SO IT HAS VERY LITTLE GRIP, BUT YOU SEE ALL THIS ROTATION IN LAKE MICHIGAN THAT COULD TRIGGER SOME OF THESE WATERSPOUTS I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT. I DON'T EXPECT THAT TO BE A PROBLEM FOR US TODAY. WE'LL PROBABLY SEE SOME OF THEM, ESPECIALLY IN RACINE AND KENOSHA COUNTIES. WEDNESDAY IS BEAUTIFUL WITH NORTHERN WINDS AND THAT KEEPS THE HUMIDITY NICE AND LOW. I'M MONITORING THE POTENTIAL TROPICAL STORM. RIGHT NOW IT'S A TROPICAL CYCLONE THAT COULD EASILY TURN INTO A TROPICAL STORM TODAY. IT'S GOING INTO THE VERY WARM GULF OF MEXICO, WHICH IS NOW TWO TO FOUR DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE, STRENGTHENING INTO FLORIDA, APALACHEE BAY, AND IT'S GOING TO SET UP RIGHT INTO THIS LITTLE CORNER, AND THAT'S WHERE IT COULD BE A CATEGORY THREE STORM – CATEGORY EIGHT THREE. THEN IT'S GOING TO MOVE INTO ST. LOUIS. WHY DO WE CARE SO MUCH? THE REMNANTS OF THIS STORM COULD IMPACT US THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND. IT'S GOING TO BRING INSANELY HEAVY RAIN TO THE GULF STATES. BECAUSE THE STORM IS SLOWLY WRAPPING UP HERE, TURNING AND CONTINUING TO DROPS ALL THE RAIN. IF IT MOVES ALL THE WAY NORTH WE COULD EXPERIENCE SHOWERS UNTIL SUNDAY. BUT TODAY IT'S GOING TO BE A BIT OF SHOWERS. I'VE BROUGHT MY UMBRELLA AND I'LL KEEP IT READY TO HAND, MAYBE RAIN BOOTS FOR THE KIDS. THE REST OF THE WEEK IS VERY NICE WEATHER. NOT MUCH TO WORRY ABOUT EXCEPT BRINGING SUNGLASSES. THE GOOD THING ABOUT THIS TIME OF YEAR IS THAT YOU ALWAYS NEED PROTECTION – SUNSCREEN, BUT THE UV INTENSITY IS

Impact Day: Scattered showers

Maximum temperatures will be just over 18 degrees, with isolated showers decreasing over the course of the day.

Maximum temperatures will be just over 18 degrees, with isolated showers decreasing over the course of the day.