Temperatures will gradually cool down throughout the next week as the rain departs. Highs will remain in the upper 50s and low 60s through Sunday before decreasing to the lower 50s on Monday and Tuesday.
We may see highs dip into the upper 40s beginning Wednesday and Thursday. Lows will also follow, with Friday’s 52 degrees dropping to the mid-40s Saturday, then hovering in the upper 30s on Halloween night and for the rest of the week.
Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms are expected to continue throughout Friday evening and Saturday morning. A cold front is to blame for the near inch of rainfall in the previous three days.
The rain will pause briefly Saturday afternoon, leaving skies clear through Halloween day and Monday afternoon before rain chances return in the evening. Scattered showers are anticipated to extend through Thursday. Precipitation estimates show less than half an inch is possible.
According to NOAAs Space Weather Prediction Center, a strong geomagnetic storm watch is in effect for Oct. 30-31. This follows a significant solar flare late Thursday.
Travelling through space at nearly 605 miles per second, this ejection is likely to reach Earth the night before Halloween, and it may last through Halloween night. This geomagnetic storm will create stronger auroras than usual, which may be visible in the greater Bloomington area.
However, conditions must be nearly perfect with clear skies here on Earth, and it is hard to predict auroras’ intensity and locations. Should lights be present this far south, they will be visible toward the northern horizon.
