A little bit of everything this week

WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) – This week brings a little bit of everything. We have potential record highs to start the week, rain arriving mid-week and a few strong storms also possible Tuesday evening/very early Wednesday morning.

Record highs could fall any of the next few days. Some communities are expecting as much as 1-2 inches of rain later this week.

Record highs for Monday, October 28. Anything from Antigo or higher on the list will not... — Record highs for Monday, October 28. Anything from Antigo or higher on the list will not be broken.(WSAW)

Record highs for Tuesday, October 29. It is expected that almost all of these records will be broken.(WSAW)

Let’s focus on Monday first. We will see mostly cloudy skies with highs in the mid 60s across north central Wisconsin. While a few communities will be flirting with record highs on Monday (mainly Wausau and Merrill), I think we’ll have a much better shot at this across the area on Tuesday. Despite a fair amount of cloud cover, highs will top out in the mid 70s. Several record highs are expected to fall on Tuesday, which will be our warmest day of the week.

Our next Weathermaker arrives Wednesday and continues into the first half of... — Our next Weathermaker will arrive on Wednesday and continue through the first half of Halloween.(WSAW)

Different communities look at 1-2" of rain by the time it starts raining on Halloween. — Several communities are expecting 1 to 2 inches of rain by the time it starts to rain on Halloween.(WSAW)

Rain chances increase late Tuesday and early Wednesday. While a few storms are possible late Tuesday through late Wednesday, most of us will have to wait until after dawn Wednesday for rain to fall. Any strong to severe storms are expected to remain to our west. These storms will be part of a much larger system that will last through Wednesday and even Thursday. By the time this system is out of our area, some communities could receive as much as 1 to 2″ of rain.

We'll keep the fire risk high before our next weather maker arrives. — We’ll keep the fire risk high before our next weather maker arrives.(WSAW)

it will be much colder on Halloween than how it will start out.(WSAW)

Once the cold front passes, we will be done with this period of warmer temperatures. The rest of the week will look more like fall. More rain is possible over the weekend, with the greatest chance of rain after midweek on Sunday.