Monday Morning Weather Update

8:00am Update: Heaviest of the rain is now located in Stephenson, Ogle and Lee counties.  Freeport, German Valley, Ridott, Rochelle, Byron, Oregon, Mt. Morris, Amboy and Dixon watch for that heavy rain to continue which may cause some localized flooding in some of the low lying locations.  These showers will continue to spiral in from south and southeast as the surface low pressure system moves into southern Wisconsin.

5:30am Update: Rain, heavy at times, will continue this morning and even into the afternoon.  As the upper level low sits just to our southwest the surface low pressure system is in northwest Indiana.  This low will continue to deepen and move west through the morning and afternoon.  As it does, the showers will unfortunately continue across northern Illinois but drier air moving to the north may cut off a few of those showers into southern Wisconsin.  With this expansive band of rain I wouldn't be surprised if there are some totals of an inch or more by this evening. 

The surface low won't move much over the next 48 to 72 hours so look for the clouds and on/off showers to continue through Tuesday and Wednesday.