BEST WEATHER ON THE PLANET...
Every once in awhile our weather reaches an inflection point where it reverses patterns and in essence takes a deep breath. In doing so it relaxes, recharges, and brings us some of the best weather on the planet. That's certainly been the case the past couple of days with comfortable temperatures and low humidity dominating the Midwest. Just look at these temperatures at noon Monday.
Just as nice, dew points at the same time were in the upper 40s to low 50s. Notice those nasty sultry dew points in the 70s have been squashed well to the south thanks to a large high pressure over the Great Lakes.
The mid-day Satellite clearly shows the impacts of the dry air with expansive areas of sunshine.
Just as impressive is the overall lack of precipitation around the middle of the nation.
Overall, the quiet weather pattern looks to last through Thursday. The north could scare up a shower or thunderstorm Tuesday night as a front grazes that part of the region. However, chances appear best (only 30-40%), closer to HWY 20. The south should stay high and dry. Here's what several models are suggesting for rain totals through the day Thursday. What little is shown comes Tuesday night.
The EURO
The GFS
The 3k NAM
Temperatures should inch up a bit Tuesday reaching the low 80s in most areas. Wednesday and Thursday the warming trend continues with highs gradually hitting the mid to upper 80s, perhaps 90