Temps Nosedive Early Saturday Night

Temperatures have dropped off rapidly this evening with thin whispy cirrus above. Some rural areas dropped to the freezing level by 8 pm. Clouds will increase, lower, and thicken as the night progresses. The low in Rockford should be early, before the clouds thicken... around 32 degrees. A weak disturbance dropping in from the northwest will keep skies cloudy on Sunday, and produce light rain off and on throughout the day. Total rainfall should be from only a few hundredths to about 15 hundredths of an inch. The high will be in the low 50's. Some light showers may linger into the early evening hours on Sunday night followed by decreasing clouds after midnight. Overnight lows will be in the middle 30's. Weak high pressure will take control on Monday making for a mostly sunny day with a high in the low 50's. A nice warmup will ensue on Tuesday with winds shifting to the southwest in advance of a cool front dropping southeast across the plains. It looks as if Tuesday will be the pick day of the week with mostly sunny skies, and a high in the low 60's. Clouds will move in with the next system on Wednesday, and temperatures will drop off a bit with a chance of showers along with an afternoon temperature around 57 degrees. It will be mostly cloudy and chilly on Thursday with scattered rain showers possible. The high on Thursday will only be around 49 degrees. Friday and Saturday will be seasonable with a high in the low 50's. On Saturday there could be some scattered showers.