Sunny Friday, Frosty Halloween Weekend

Friday is the pick of the weekend. The National Weather Service forecast for Brookfield calls for sunshine and a high near 68, with northwest winds at 5 to 12 mph and gusts as high as 23 mph. Temperatures ease back toward 61 during the afternoon, and the night stays mostly clear with a low around 37.

Saturday, Halloween, starts with patchy frost between 8 and 9 in the morning, then turns sunny with a high near 58 and a light northwest wind. It is a dry day for trick-or-treaters, with no rain in the forecast, but the evening turns cold fast. Saturday night brings widespread frost after midnight and a low around 29, so anyone heading out after dark will want a warm layer under the costume, and gardeners should cover anything tender before bed.

Sunday starts frosty again, with widespread frost before 9 in the morning, then turns mostly sunny with a high near 61 and a light west wind. Sunday night is partly cloudy with a low around 38. The clocks also fall back early Sunday morning, so sunrise and sunset both shift an hour earlier on the clock.

Looking ahead, Monday is mostly sunny with a high near 65, and Tuesday, Election Day, is mostly sunny with a high near 67. Rain chances stay small through Tuesday, rising only later in the week, when showers become possible Wednesday night into Thursday.