A warm front moved northward across the Stateline early today, and is now sitting over southern Wisconsin. All of northern Illinois is sitting under a tropical air mass this evening. Dew points are near 70 degrees indicating that we have loads of low level moisture. Some showers tried to fire up late this afternoon into the evening, but fizzled because of warrm air aloft, but with all the moisture in place there is the possibility that some scattered or isolated thunderstorms could get going this later this evening or later on tonight. As of 8 pm Friday evening the most significant action is far to the west in eastern Colorado and western Kansas and Nebraska. That is where last night's severe thunderstorms fired up. It could be that we will not see any thunderstorm activity all night with the intense thunderstorms far to the west. Questions to be answered... Will the storms in the plains hold together all night as they move east and northeast? Will the storms reach the Stateline in the morning on Saturday? There will be some thunderstorms passing through the Stateline on Saturday, but the timing is uncertain at this time. One thing for sure...It will continue to very warm and humid. Highs will be in the upper 80's. A cool front will start to ease southward into and across the Stateline late Saturday night into Sunday morning. There will be a good chance of some showers and thunderstorms with the frontal passage. With the front nearby on Sunday, scattered showers and thunderstorms will remain a possibility as cooler air oozes into northern Illinois. High temperatures on Sunday will reach the low 80's, and it will be cooler on Monday with a high only in the low 70's.
By Meteorologist
Eric Nefstead
Will it be cloudy like this the rest of the summer?
ReplyDeleteSome indications are pointing to slightly below average temperatures for the summer months. Sometimes whenever we get into these patterns like the one we're in, it's hard to break them.
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