Cool Weather in the Midwest and Northeast

Midwest and Northeast:
A much drier and cooler air mass sweeps into the region on Friday behind a strong cold front.
The heatwave is a distant memory now as most of the region will be dry with much cooler temperatures surging south out of Canada.

- Scattered thunderstorms are possible from western Nebraska down to western Oklahoma.

- Locally heavy rain is possible for far western Kansas that could cause some flash flooding issues.

- Highs on Friday only in the 50s and 60s around the Great Lakes.

- Highs mainly in the 70s to around 80 in the Plains.

- Frost and freeze tonight over parts of northern Minnesota.

- A reinforcing surge of cooler air keeps temperatures below average into the weekend with highs mainly in the 60s and 70s and lows in the 40s and 50s.