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KEY MESSAGES

- There will be some rain chances from late tonight (less than 20 percent) to Saturday night (20-60 percent), and from Wednesday into Thursday (rain chances up to 20 percent).

- Central and north-central Wisconsin may see patchy to areas of frost tonight and on Sunday and Monday nights.

DISCUSSION

Issued at 1210 PM CDT Fri Oct 2 2026

Tonight

A warm front will move east across northern Minnesota and Wisconsin. As the warm air advection increases across this area, mid-clouds will develop. These clouds will move through north- central Wisconsin late tonight and help keep temperatures from getting any colder than the mid-30s. As a result, only expecting patchy to areas of frost in central and north-central Wisconsin. With very dry air below 7K feet, the chances for rain tonight look to be very low (less than 20 percent). If they do happen to occur, it would be likely north of Wisconsin 29 in Taylor County.

Low temperatures tonight will range from the mid-30s to mid-40s.

Saturday and Saturday night

The 02.12z models continue to show that a Canadian cold front will approach the area from the Northern Plains on Saturday and then move southeast through the area on Saturday night. Like the past several days, it looks like the better low-level saturation will be north of Interstate 90. Rain chances in these areas will range from 20-60 percent. Rainfall amounts will range from a trace to a tenth of an inch.

High temperatures will be in the mid-60s. Low temperatures will range from the lower 40s to lower 50s.

Sunday through Friday

High pressure will provide mainly dry weather with near to above- normal temperatures through much of next week. If there is any rainfall, it would likely occur from Wednesday into Thursday as a cold front moves east through the region.

High temperatures will range from the lower 60s to lower 70s. Low temperatures will range from the mid-30s to mid-40s early in the week (Sunday and Monday nights) and from the mid-40s to mid-50s for the remainder of the week. Temperatures will be cold enough in central and north-central Wisconsin that there will be likely some patchy to areas of frost.

AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SATURDAY/

Issued at 1216 PM CDT Fri Oct 2 2026

VFR conditions are forecast to continue over the next 24 hours. The wind will remain light around 5-10 kts or less through much of this TAF cycle. Winds will increase up to 10-15 kts after sunrise at the terminals with the potential for gusts of 20-25 kts, particularly at KRST. Mid to high level clouds will move in over the sites during the later half of this TAF issuance.

ARX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

WI...None. MN...None. IA...None.