Overview

• Widespread showers and a few thunderstorms moved through Wednesday before skies cleared overnight with lows in the upper 40s in some suburbs and lower 50s in the city.
• Thursday features unseasonably cool, mostly sunny conditions with daytime highs in the mid-60s.
• A reinforcing push of cooler air arrives Friday with scattered light showers possible in the early morning that could linger into the commute.
• The National Weather Service reports a high swim risk for Lake Michigan beaches on Friday.
• Highs are forecast to stay in the mid- to upper-60s through the weekend, an early multi-day stretch that typically doesn’t begin until around Oct. 1 according to NBC 5’s analysis.