Big Change in Temperatures, Breezy on Friday

Temperatures plummet in the heartland on Friday, with a passing cold front bringing a breezy Friday ahead. Cloud cover will gradually decrease throughout the day as afternoon highs only reach the upper 50s.

We will be sandwiched between high and low pressure to end the week, which will cause winds to pick up through Friday afternoon. Wind gusts up to 30 miles per hour are possible.

StormCast shows the chance for a few brief showers through the overnight, but the bulk of any storm chances will remain to our north.

Temperatures overnight will fall to the upper 40s to lower 50s as a long-awaited cold front finally brings our lows close to average.

A few showers remain possible in Cape Girardeau into Friday morning, with winds gusting up to 25 miles per hour as the front moves through.

A northwesterly wind will pick up through the day, helping to keep our afternoon highs in the upper 50s to lower 60s.

Cloud cover will diminish throughout the day in Cape with highs close to 15 degrees below average for mid-October.

We add a couple of degrees on Saturday, though a cooler air mass looks to keep us well below our seasonal temperatures to start the weekend.

We look to gradually warm up through this weekend and into next week. Saturday night into Sunday morning will likely feature some of our coolest weather of the fall season. Frost remains a possibility as forecast call for lows in the upper 30s. Highs return to the middle to upper 70s through next week under mostly sunny skies.

Storm Alert Team Meteorologist
Dominic Ferraro