South eastern Wisconsinites were greeted to a warm Saturday, a needed change of weather from the clouds and rain felt earlier in the week. Stkies were be partly sunny to partly cloudy Saturday, with a strong southerly wind bumping temperatures into the upper 70s by afternoon. The high in Milwaukee: 82 degrees!
In Milwaukee, hundreds of people took advantage by participating in the Brew City Marathon Saturday morning. The run, which takes place right on the city’s lakefront, included full marathon, half marathon, 10k and 5k distances, kicking off in Veteran’s park with the marathon going as far as Lincoln park on the city’s northwest side.
Along with the hundreds of runners, volunteers were set up along the route at water stations to help out
Showers and thunderstorms could pop up overnight and continue into Sunday morning and afternoon, with any rain ending during the early afternoon, and wind gusts could reach up to 45 mph.
Cooler temperatures return next week, highs Monday through Wednesday will be in the 40s and low 50s. The first half of the week will be dry with some sunshine. Late next week the chance for showers increase, temperatures stay below average.
Your full 5 day forecast:
TONIGHT: Scattered showers, possible t-storm, Low: 58
SUNDAY: Thundershowers through mid-day, then turning partly cloudy, gusty
High: 70, wind gusts up to 45 mph
MONDAY: Mostly cloudy, breezy, High: 50
TUESDAY: Partly cloudy, High: 49
WEDNESDAY: Partly cloudy, High: 45
THURSDAY: Chance rain, High: 55