Heat advisory continues, storm chances return this evening

It will be another warm night as overnight lows have fallen back into the mid 70s. As we've seen the past few days, these warmer morning have paved the way for dangerous hot afternoons. 

Same story today. In fact, today will be slightly hotter and could become the warmest day of the year. Highs are slated to reach the mid-90s, which will place heat indices near or just above 100°. Humidity may drop a little bit with drier air mixing down from above, but that will make for any relief. 

Some relief arrives this evening in the form of a batch of scattered storms to the northwest. Now, storm coverage does decrease the further south and east you go, and some spots southeast of Rockford may stay totally dry. That said, any storms that develop will be capable of producing damaging wind gusts and heavy rainfall. Much of the Stateline is under a Level 1/5 Risk from the Storm Prediction Center.

 

We won't see an extension of the heat advisory that is currently in place for the Stateline. The heat index is only expected to sit in the 90-95 range Tuesday, then back into the 85-90 range Wednesday. 

Afternoon highs will sit rather close to the 90° mark during this two stretch, eventually peaking in the low 90s Thursday afternoon.