High pressure will provide pleasant weather today. Low pressure tracking northeast through Wisconsin on Thursday will send very humid air into the region that will help trigger numerous showers and thunderstorms. Some of the storms could be strong and produce torrential rainfall. Cooler and breezy weather will follow on Friday then temperatures will moderate back to near to above normal over the weekend into early next week.
Today: Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight: Partly cloudy in the evening, then mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms overnight. Lows in the mid 60s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Highs in the lower 80s. South winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
Thursday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely in the evening, then partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers overnight. Lows in the mid 60s. Southwest winds around 10 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
Friday: Partly sunny with a 20 percent chance of showers until midday, then mostly sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s. West winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph.
Yesterday’s high temperature in Jackson was 82 at 4:38 PM. The low was 63at 1:38 AM.
Normal high for today is 80. The record low is 40, set in 1979. The record high is 93, set in 1984.
0.35 inches of precipitation yesterday. Month to date: 1.38 inches.
Sunrise today at 6:46 AM EDT. Sunset at 8:38 PM EDT.