Soggy Saturday

We've been lucky this month for many nice weekends, but this weekend we'll see a soggy and cooler trend than what we were used to for most of the month.

An area of low pressure that is currently spinning in Kansas and the central plains, is already firing up showers and storms across portions of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Mississippi. The low pressure will track across central Illinois, which means that northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin will be on the cool side of the low. This means that our storm potential is low, with more of the warmth and instability south of the region; but we will see rain as well as cooler temperatures because of it.

Watch for the rain to move in around noon on Saturday that will lift northward, sticking with us through the afternoon. Rain turned more scattered into the evening and things dry out overnight. It is definitely a day to maybe pick a show to binge watch, or maybe even start some spring cleaning! Rain totals for Saturday look to be around an inch in central and southern portions on the state, while we look to see closer to a half inch. Along with the rain, it will also be windy too with chilly easterly winds gusting to 30mph.

Sunday will be more of a pleasant day but still cooler. There is a small chance we will see a couple lingering showers, but mainly it will be a cooler day with mostly cloudy to partly sunny skies. The forecast gets better though,  as Chief Meteorologist Candice King mentioned in the previous post, 70's are possible next week!