SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — We’ll soon be back to warm and dry weather, Meteorologist Scot Mundt explains.

While the weekend and early next week are looking cool, much warmer air will return for later next week.

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Another cloudy, cool, and damp day in KELOLAND. A wintry mix moved through the area and temperatures remained well below average. Even though we’ll have dry skies this weekend and early next week, temperatures will still remain below average but that will soon change.

Instead of a trough in the jet stream in the southwest United States, which has given us the active pattern over the past several weeks, we’ll return to a northwest flow in the atmosphere. You may remember, this was the pattern we were in through much of the winter.

As we change the weather pattern, we’ll eventually warm, but it won’t happen until we get into mid-week next week. That’s when you can expect widespread above-average temperatures. 60s on Wednesday with 70s for some the later we go through the week and for next weekend. Keep in mind, by the time we get into next weekend, the average highs are in the middle 50s to near 60. So we’ll be well above average.

But, northwest flow lowers our chances for rain as we’re cut off from any major moisture. So expect mainly dry skies with warmer air.