Overview
- A midweek cold front has cleared many regions, bringing cooler, drier air with frequent gusts around 25–30 mph and seasonable highs.
- Overnight lows drop into the 30s and 40s in inland areas late week, with frost possible and a first freeze likely for parts of inland southeast Wisconsin on Friday morning.
- Rain chances rise late Saturday into Sunday and linger into early next week, though timing and amounts vary by location.
- Texas and the western Gulf Coast face a higher likelihood of heavy rain, with Houston posting a storm alert from Friday night through Saturday and East Texas forecasting 2–3 inches in spots.
- Tropical Storm Melissa is producing dangerous flooding rain in the Caribbean as the Pacific Northwest prepares for a weak-to-moderate atmospheric river Friday through the weekend bringing multi-day rain and mountain snow.