After the colder night of the season so far last night.... (The unofficial low temperature at the Rockford Airport touched on 17 degrees, and was the coldest temperature since last February 26th when 14 degrees was the low.) ....it will remain cold all day on Friday. So, if you are doing some Christmas shopping on this Black Friday, you will need to bundle up with a good heavy winter coat. The afternoon high temperature will be near 30 degrees. That is a full 10 degrees colder than average for the date. That's not the whole story. You will also have the wind to deal with which will keep wind chills in the 10 to 15 degree range through early afternoon. Early sunshine will give way to increasing clouds in the afternoon. All in all it will feel more like the middle of December instead of late Novermber. Canadian high pressure will slide across the lower Mississippi River Valley tonight and Saturday switching Stateline winds to the south by Saturday night, and the winds will pick up from Sunday into Monday in advance of a weather system edging eastward across the plains. Temperatures will respond to the wind shift, and rebound to the middle 40's on Sunday, hold above freezing on Sunday night, and top out in the middle 40's again on Monday. Gulf moisture feeding into the system on Monday will keep skies mostly cloudy, and there will be a good chance of showers. The front will blast across the area overnight changing rain showers over to a brief period of wet snow. No accumulation is anticipated at this time. On Tuesday there cold be some snow showers or flurries as the colder air re-establishes itself. Re-enforcing cold air from Canada will sweep in across the northern plains into the midwest late in the week.
by Meteorologist
Eric Nefstead
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