Monday, October 21, 2019

Wind Driven Rain Showers Continue Tuesday

The wind has been quite strong Monday afternoon and evening, at times gusting 40-45 mph. Rain came down early Monday as a cold front swept across northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin, but skies were quick to dry with sunshine making an appearance through much of the afternoon. This helped to warm temperatures into the mid and upper 60s.

Cloud cover, however, has moved back in and temperatures continue to tumble with most locations now in the low to mid 50s. Cloud cover and strong winds will hold temperatures overnight in the low to mid 40s, but wind chills by Tuesday morning will start off in the mid 30s.

Southwest winds will continue overnight, at times gusting 40-45mph through sunrise Tuesday. Weak disturbances rotating around a very large area of low pressure in the Upper Great Lakes Tuesday will keep scattered showers around through the afternoon. A drier air mass will move in Tuesday evening and this will briefly bring an end to some of the shower activity heading into Wednesday morning.

Here are a few of the peak wind gusts from Monday afternoon: Rockford - 45 mph, Rochelle - 39 mph, Dixon - 38 mph and DeKalb - 38 mph.

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