Satuday will be the Pick Day of the Weekend...

It was mostly cloudy this afternoon, but the clouds have moved off to the southeast, and skies are now clear.
High pressure over the northern plains will move to northern Wisconsin on Saturday.  The clear moonlit skies tonight, and light northerly winds will allow temperatures to fall into the upper 20's by 7 am on Saturday morning, which is pretty close to average for this time of year. The high pressure will continue it's eastward trek on Saturday dominating Stateline weather with full sunshine, light northeasterly winds shifting around to the southeast by later afternoon.  The high temperature will be round 54 degrees.  Take advantage of the day if you can.  Sunday will not be nearly so nice.  Our attention turns to the west.  There will be a couple of fairly significant weatfher systems that will have an impact on the stateline durning the next 6 days.  The first system will push on to the northern plains on Sunday, and will have a good amount of gulf moisture to work with.  Rain showers will begin after midnight on Saturday night, and continue into Sunday evening.  There may be a couple of thunderstorms from Sunday afternoon into Sunday evening.  Rainfall amounts will likely be in the .50" to .75" range with locally heavier amounts associated with any thunderstorms that develop.
The system will move rapidly eastward pulling a front across northern Illinois during the pre-dawn hours on Monday morning.  The frontal passage will effectively shut off the rainfall.  A mild Pacific type of air mass will follow in behind the front on Monday producing a very pleasant mild day with afternoon temperatures in the low 60's.  Enjoy the day Monday, because some big changes to colder weather will drop temperatures below average  through the end of next week.  A new Canadian cold front will sweep southward across the area by late Monday afternoon, and rain will move back into the Stateline on Monday night as an intensifying storm system spins itself up over  northwestern Kansas.  The storm will produce rainy and windy weather across the entire area on Tuesday that may mix with some wet snow on Tuesday night and Wednesday as the low passes to our south.  On Wednesday it will be windy and cold with rain mixed with wet snow.  As the system draws away on Wednesday night there could be some light snow as temperatures drop into the mid to upper 20's.  
By Meteorologist
Eric Nefstead