COLDEST AIR OF THE SEASON

Low pressure tracking across the Great Lakes region sends a cold front through tonight. It will be windy and warm ahead of the front and breezy and much colder behind the front. Highs will struggle early in the week to rise to 70 degrees and overnight lows in the 40s will be common. Record lows are not expected though temperatures will be running around 10 degrees below normal.

By the middle of the week, the cold air lifts out and seasonal air moves in ahead of the next approaching storm system. The good thing about this week is that we'll see dry weather lasting until Thursday.

A POTENT SYSTEM LATE IN THE WEEK

Computer models continue to indicate a strong storm system swinging southward across the Midwest on Thursday and causing strong to severe storms to develop. The timing has fluctuated over the past few days though the overall consensus has been Thursday evening all along. We'll continue to monitor the development of this system and pass along any new information as we receive it. The air mass following this system is nearly as cold as the one moving in early in the week.