The abnormal heat from earlier this month has finally broken, and we should be in store for very fall-like weather moving forward.

On the WHOW Morning Show Thursday, Ed Shimon at the National Weather Service in Lincoln told the Hart Media Group, a summer-like heat dome set up over the Midwest to close out September and begin October, which was very unusual and unexpected.

According to Shimon, Monday's rains, although not widespread, brought a cool down that will make it feel like fall for the foreseeable future.

According to Shimon, the weekend ahead is looking to be spectacular with minimal rain in the forecast for the next week or so.

It is getting very dry in central Illinois. We'll have more next week on the drought that is starting to set up across the area. Visit weather.gov/Lincoln for more on all things weather information and data.