Flooding, damaging winds and large hail is possible as well, according to meteorologist Dan Huckaby of the National Weather Service in Fort Worth.
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The record high temperature for Sunday is 59 degrees, which was set back in 2004.
The average temperature for the Lower 48 from December through February – known as meteorological winter – was 36.8 degrees, 4.6 degrees above normal.
The showers are expected to change to rain Saturday, which will have a high of 70 and a low of 52.
Partly sunny skies are predicted for Tuesday, with a high near 64.
Wednesday will be mostly sunny with a high of 72 and a low of 49.
Thursday the area has a 50 percent chance of showers with mostly cloudy skies and a high near 44.
Another unseasonably warm day is expected Tuesday in Milwaukee, accompanied by patchy fog, strong winds and a chance of rain, according to the National Weather Service in Sullivan.
Wednesday, should be mostly cloudy and a 40 percent chance of rain with areas of fog and a high near 53.
The area is about three inches below average annual rainfall so far in 2016, but Huckaby said, those numbers could look very different by week’s end.
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The record precipitation for March 7 was 1.07 inches in 2009.
