Lea Zmurko: An unseasonably cool stretch

August 8: Cooling down for the end of the week

Conditions will remain cool and cloudy for our Thursday. Temperatures will stay in the mid sixties and we will have some cool breezy evenings as we look ahead at the rest of the week, and more sunshine and warmer conditions will return over the weekend.

Plenty of cool conditions moving across the Northland today and tomorrow and temperatures will stick to the mid to upper sixties until the weekend. This is roughly 10-15 degrees below the normal temperatures expected for this time of the year.

There are still some chances for scattered showers to move across the Arrowhead and northwest Wisconsin ahead of the cold front as we wrap up the week. The front will slowly move eastward throughout the day as the low-pressure system is stalling over Lake Superior and Ontario tonight.

Once the low-pressure system clears, dry and warm weather will move in for the weekend and last into next week with the arrival of high pressure.

Today

A chance of sprinkles between 2pm and 3pm, then a slight chance of showers after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 65. Breezy, with a west wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tonight

A slight chance of showers before 7pm, then a chance of sprinkles between 7pm and 11pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 50. Breezy, with a northwest wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 10%.

Friday

A 20 percent chance of showers after 10am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 65. Breezy, with a northwest wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Saturday

Mostly sunny, with a high near 72. Breezy, with a northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Sunday

Sunny, with a high near 77. Northwest wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.

Monday

Mostly sunny, with a high near 77. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming east in the afternoon.

Tuesday

Mostly sunny, with a high near 76. North wind around 5 mph becoming south in the afternoon.

Wednesday

A slight chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 75. Northeast wind around 5 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.