The leaves are already changing color, though we will have another push of warm weather today before cooler temperatures settle in. Much-needed rain chances also come back into the picture, which is great as Eau Claire is nearly an inch and a half below average for precipitation in September.

First Alert Chief Meteorologist Mike Bureys says our drier weather pattern has arrived. Only a few isolated showers this evening then brief isolated showers Saturday will be near the coast in the morning and well inland in the afternoon but most areas will stay dry with highs in the low 80s at the beaches to mid 80s inland.

Summer is going out with a bang! Our 9th heat wave of the year will last through the weekend and into the start of the fall season.

Another very warm and dry day is ahead Sunday. Highs should again reach the low 90’s during the day, with heat indices near 100 degrees expected in the middle of the afternoon. Rain looks very unlikely though a stray shower closer to the coast cannot fully be ruled out. And Monday looks much of the same as well.

For the First day of Fall, it'll still be feeling like summer. A heatwave continues through Monday with highs in the lower 90s.

The consecutive streak for 80° highs could continue on Saturday in Wausau, which a chance of strong storms later in the day

Saturday started out with mostly sunny skies along with some upper-level clouds, hinting at storms we are tracking for the evening hours. A weak low pressure system descending from the northern Great Lakes will attempt to bring us precipitation starting around 4 p.

We will likely start tomorrow morning dry and mild with temperatures in the upper 60s and lower 70s. Tomorrow will end up dry with a partly cloudy sky. High temperatures will likely remain several degrees above average with most of us in the lower 90s.