Wisconsin Gets Sweltering Heat For First Day Of Fall

It’s the first day of fall, but you wouldn’t know it by the sweltering forecast for Wisconsin. Afternoon highs will be in the 90s in southern and western portions of the Badger State — and the heat index could reach 100 in the La Crosse area and the upper 90s in the Milwaukee and Madison regions. The National Weather Service says the unseasonably hot airmass will hang around through the weekend, and we won’t see a major cooldown until Tuesday when parts of the state could have highs in the 60s. Meanwhile, heavy thunderstorms rumbled through north central Minnesota and into far northwest Wisconsin during the night — and more storms are predicted on and off throughout the weekend. Fallen trees blocked at least two roads in Burnett County, and Oliver in Douglas County had one inch hail.