Comfortable Break Arrives in Quad Cities This Week, Rain Expected Thursday Night

• Temperatures back to the 80s Tuesday
• Less humidity for the rest of the week
• Cooler by weekend

QUAD CITIES, Iowa/Ill. (KWQC) - After a couple of brutally hot and humid days, the Quad Cities is finally getting a break.

A cold front moved through early Tuesday morning, knocking temperatures and humidity down to much more comfortable levels. The next few days look like just about everything you’d want from late July, with warm afternoons, lower humidity, and plenty of chances to get outside.

Highs Tuesday through Thursday will top out in the mid to upper 80s, but the biggest difference will be the humidity. Instead of feeling like it’s well into the 90s, it’ll actually feel pretty comfortable for this time of year.

You may notice the sky looks a little hazy at times. That’s wildfire smoke drifting overhead from Canada and the northwestern U.S. Most of that smoke stays well above the surface, so while it may give the sky a milky appearance and produce colorful sunrises and sunsets, air quality shouldn’t be impacted much for most of us.

The dry stretch holds through Thursday afternoon before our next weather system arrives.

Showers and a few thunderstorms become increasingly likely Thursday night and continue into Friday. Right now, it looks like a fairly widespread rain chance, and while an isolated stronger storm can’t be completely ruled out, the overall severe weather threat remains on the low side.

By the time we head into the weekend, the system moves out and another shot of comfortable air settles in.

Saturday is shaping up to be the coolest day of the stretch, with highs in the upper 70s to around 80 degrees. Temperatures warm back into the lower to middle 80s Sunday and Monday, making for another really nice summer weekend.

QUAD CITIES FORECAST AT A GLANCE

TUESDAY: MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH: 88. WIND: NE 5-10

WEDNESDAY: MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH: 87.

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