Lea Zmurko: A sunny start to a new month

November 1: A seasonable start to the month

Conditions will start out dry, but a series of passing showers will make their way across the Northland this weekend.

The beginning of November will start with some sunshine and dry weather, but clouds will increase tonight. A few showers will pass overnight as light rain, and a few snow showers will arrive northwest of the Iron Range by Saturday morning. Less than a tenth of an inch or rain and less than half an inch of snow is expected to land.

Temperatures will be seasonable in the mid-40s but slowly stretch up into the 50s over the weekend with a few cloudy afternoons ahead of any passing isolated showers.

Rainy weather will continue from Sunday into Tuesday for the Northland, especially in northwest Wisconsin with the greatest chance for heavy rain and some embedded thunderstorms on Monday.

Today

Mostly sunny, with a high near 42. Calm wind becoming southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Tonight

A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with a steady temperature around 38. Southeast wind around 5 mph.

Saturday

A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly before 7am. Partly sunny, with a high near 50. South wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.

Sunday

Rain likely. Cloudy, with a high near 50. Breezy, with an east wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Monday

Rain and possibly a thunderstorm. Cloudy, with a high near 55. East wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 15 mph.

Tuesday

A chance of rain, mainly before 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 50. West wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Wednesday

Mostly sunny, with a high near 50. Breezy, with a southwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Thursday

Mostly sunny, with a high near 46. Breezy, with a west wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.