The typical dog days of summer have evaded central Illinois for the most part this summer.

Ed Shimon at the National Weather Service in Lincoln on the WHOW Morning Show Tuesday told Regional a surge of warm air will arrive as we head into the weekend.

The heat will transition out early next week and Shimon indicates there will be a chance of rain on Tuesday morning.

The fall outlook is calling for above-normal temperatures and below-normal rainfall. However, that was the outlook for August and Shimon says we've been wet and cool this month so far.

We'll have more on both of those stories coming up on Regional Radio.