Cool Dry Weekend Expected Across Midwest with Northern Rainstorms

Chicago is experiencing a weekend with partly cloudy skies and occasional light showers Saturday, followed by widespread sunshine on Sunday with temperatures reaching near 60 degrees. Indianapolis faces a week of mixed autumn weather, including mostly sunny days and cloudy nights, with a chance of showers peaking Tuesday night and diminishing by Thursday. Northern California will see a cooling trend this weekend with rain expected to the north, breezy winds, and a warm-up returning by Halloween. In parts of North Carolina, temperatures have dropped with a frost advisory in effect for the Piedmont and Foothills, and a cool, partly cloudy weekend is expected with potential rain early next week from a system moving across Texas and Oklahoma. Overall, the central and western U.S. regions are transitioning into cooler, autumnal conditions with intermittent rain and frost advisories, while weekend sunshine provides some relief in parts of the Midwest.