Milwaukee weather: Chilly, windy Thursday ahead

A few raindrops. I don't think I saw anything that was like really a downpour, but it's just been overcast and... Chilly out there Stephanie Barrichello. Absolutely Kim and if we think this is chilly the next couple of days are going to be cold especially Thursday because tomorrow the wind is really going to pick up. In fact overnight tonight the wind is going to pick up. It's been a while since we've really focused on a wind chill but tomorrow that's going to be the number that we look at more because of how strong the wind is going to be. We are awaiting a cold front. I know it already feels like a cold front move through. It technically hasn't yet. Cloud cover still Again, as Kim mentioned, we've seen some light rain at times today, but nothing major and not much in the measurable department in the Milwaukee area. For example, here at the station, we picked up three hundredths of an inch, but parts of Fond du Lac and Sheboygan counties likely just over about a tenth of an inch. Sitting at 48 degrees right now, again, satellite and radar dry here locally, but there is some rain just towards the northwest. It's not much. This is just like we saw earlier. A few sprinkles, maybe a light rain shower. That rain, though, is associated. with the approaching cold front. So this is going to continue to swing through our area later on tonight, and it's going to bring with it much colder air. Now, it's still going to be cloudy tomorrow, maybe some lake effect rain showers, maybe a little bit of mix tomorrow afternoon, though the chance is pretty low. And then beyond that, yes, temperatures stay chilly, seasonably chilly, but we will see sunshine eventually returning. So technically speaking, really only one more cloudy day that we have to get through. You can see behind the front. Some of that cool Canadian air starting to sink southward into parts of Minnesota as well as northern Wisconsin. So this is the front. Again, cold front that's approaching our area that moves through later on tonight. Once it moves through, we will dry out a little bit, but the wind is really going to ramp up. Notice out over Lake Michigan, though, throughout Thursday, there's likely going to be some moisture, maybe some light rain, maybe some wintry mix. So if we do see that northeasterly breeze at times tomorrow, which certainly looks possible, it could bring in a little bit of that light rain at times throughout. Thursday. Again, can't completely rule out a few snowflakes mixing in. The chance is pretty low at this point, though. Let's take a look at Sky Vision Plus and go throughout the remainder of tonight and then focus on tomorrow. So just a few showers possible through about 9 or 10 p.m. as the cold front moves through. Notice how the wind picks up overnight after that front passes. Wind gusts tomorrow could be over 30 miles per hour. You can see the rain out over Lake Michigan throughout Thursday. It's possible that it pushes its way into lakeshore communities at times throughout Thursday afternoon. And I know this run isn't showing any of that mix, but a lot of our previous runs have. So there is still that slight chance for maybe a snowflake here or there. By Friday, we should start to see clouds decreasing and a little bit more in the way of sunshine. Temperatures from here will continue to fall through the 40s and into the 30s. So a chilly start to tomorrow morning and notice little movement Thursday afternoon, only low 40s potentially for high temperatures. Then we do that again on Friday. The wind tomorrow will be stronger than what we see Friday. So wind chill will still be a little cooler tomorrow. Again, wind gusts could very easily be between 30 and 35 miles per hour, if not even a little stronger than that. And that will really impact our feel like temperature. So notice both Thursday and Friday on here. Morning wind chills will likely be in the 20s, even in the Milwaukee area. And daytime wind chills only in the low 30s. So essentially plan on it feeling about 10 degrees cooler than the actual air temperature. It's been a while since we talked about some of these chillier temperatures. Here's your full six-day, though. So windy Thursday and even a little bit on Friday, but not quite as bad as tomorrow. Still a chance for a few showers lakeside, maybe a bit of mix. Then look at that nice long stretch of sunshine. Keep in mind, we stay in the 40s. through the weekend and then start to climb to low 50s by early next week.