Severe storms today, then a colder weekend | Weather

Get prepared for some extreme thunderstorms this afternoon. Also, be ready for some a lot colder air over the weekend.

*** A SEVERE THUNDERSTOM WATCH till 5 PM for areas north and west of Marathon county.

*** A TORNADO WATCH till 8 PM for areas close to Marathon county and additional south.

This Evening: Cloudy skies, blustery, and heat with extreme thunderstorms seemingly.

High: Mid/Upper 70s Wind: South-Southeast 15-30

Tonight: A number of showers and storms early within the night, then lowering clouds, breezy, and turning into a lot colder.

Low: 34 Wind: NW 10-20

Saturday: Windy and chilly with a mixture of solar and clouds.

High: 42 Wind: West-Northwest 15-30

Saturday Night: Scattered clouds and chilly

Low: 27

Sunday: Partly cloudy early with a few flurries south of Marathon County, then largely sunny in the course of the afternoon. Still a bit breezy.

High: 43

Thunderstorms shall be growing round mid afternoon with a excessive chance of extreme climate. There is likely to be a twister or two across the space, in addition to hail and damaging wind. A few the storms would possibly produce heavy downpours, which might exacerbate ongoing flooding. Therefore, a FLOOD WATCH has been issued for Juneau, Adams, Waushara, Waupaca, Wood, Portage, Marathon, Shawano, Menominee, Langlade, Forest, and Florence counties efficient from this afternoon by way of 7 am Saturday morning.

A robust chilly entrance will sweep throughout our space tonight, and it’ll usher in some chilly air for the weekend. We can have a mixture of solar and clouds on Saturday with highs within the higher 30s to low 40s. You will want a heat jacket as there shall be a blustery northwest wind. The wind shall be a little much less on Sunday, however it is going to nonetheless be cool with highs within the low to mid 40s.

The climate will stay dry early subsequent week as issues heat up once more. We ought to have a honest quantity of solar on Monday with highs within the 50s. On Tuesday, it is going to heat up into the higher 60s. Highs shall be within the 60s once more on Wednesday. The subsequent probability of great rain would possibly maintain off till Thursday night time and into Friday.

Have a effective Friday, Morning Update, 17 – April 2026

On this date in climate historical past: 1922 — A household of not less than six tornadoes brought about dying and destruction alongside elements of a 210 mile path from north of Ogden IL to Allen County OH, killing sixteen individuals. A publish card, picked up in Madison County IN, was discovered 124 miles away close to Mount Cory OH. (The Weather Channel)