A short-lived cold snap

Clouds hung-around the Stateline all day today, as expected. The high temperature in Rockford only hit 42 degrees. That's 14 degrees below our average high of 56. I noticed clearing skies on the western horizon during my "dinner break" at about 7:05 pm tonight. So the clear skies are arriving just in time to give us a night of good radiational cooling. I'm going with a low of 28 degrees, but wouldn't be surprised if we go a little lower than that... Especially in outlying areas. Tomorrow we should warm-up pretty nicely, however. One of our computer models gives us a high of 60. But with the cold start, I am going with a high of 56. Either way, it's going to feel a lot nicer than Thursday did! We should be in the low-60s this weekend. And some 70s are possible by the middle of next week making this cold snap -- indeed -- a short-lived one.