Tracking a few chilly nights before warm air returns by the end of the week

TONIGHT: Mostly clear and chilly with lows in the upper 40s.

TOMORROW: Mostly sunny and nice with highs in the lower 70s.

EXTENDED: Clouds are gradually starting to clear, allowing parts of the area (north) to rise back up into the upper 60s. We'll clear out overnight, and with light winds temperatures are expected to drop into the 40s area wide by daybreak Wednesday. High pressure over the Great Lakes will allow for plenty of sunshine between Wednesday and Thursday, with another cool start on Thursday morning in the 40s. We'll be a bit warmer on Friday morning as a weak cold front to our north sends some cloud cover our way. Winds will shift back south with high temperatures getting back into the upper 70s by late afternoon. Some clouds could linger into early Saturday, keeping morning temperatures in the mid-50s. Hotter temperatures return for the weekend as a warm front lifts through the region, sending us back into the upper 70s to near 80 on Saturday and mid-80s by Sunday. Another approaching front could bring low rain chances by Monday into Tuesday with a front, but a more impressionable cool down doesn't arrive until next weekend or later with a deeper low pressure system. We'll start off with 80s next week, with 70s returning by mid-week.