DES MOINES, Iowa — Temperatures have warmed nicely today with sunshine and, early in the day, southwesterly winds. Your weather timeline takes you into slight rain chances and continued mild temperatures.

Lows tonight will stay pretty mild ahead of the next system that will bring slight rain chances to the state Thursday.

Expect widely scattered light showers in the morning. By afternoon and into Thursday night, most of the activity will shift to eastern Iowa, as shown below:

Rainfall amounts by Friday morning will not be impressive. In fact, as shown in the second image, rainfall amounts for the entire upcoming week look to underperform.

So let’s not bury the lede and let’s accentuate the positive: the weekend will be nice, especially Sunday. I’ll be working, like some of you, but we should make time to get outside! Highs for the upcoming 6 days follow:

Beyond the 7-day forecasts below, highs look to stay slightly above average, and rainfall chances will be slim. It does appear we may see better rain chances sometime during the 4/22-4/24 timeframe. Have a great day!