Thanksgiving Day is Looking Great!

Skies will be mostly cloudy overnight, winds will be northeast to east at 6-12 mph, and the temperature will drop to the upper 20's.  It will start off mostly cloudy on Monday, but become partly cloudy to the north and west of Rockford in the afternoon. The high temperature will be near 47 degrees with a breeze from the east at 6 to 12 mph. It will start off partly cloudy on Monday night, but clouds will increase after midnight.  The overnight low will be in the middle 30's.  A front lies nearly stationary from the Ohio River southwest across Arkansas into central Texas.  High pressure is centered over the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, and it will move to Quebec in southeastern Canada by morning.  The high will lay a ridge back across the upper mid west through Tuesday.  That synoptic setup will keep winds coming in from the east to northeast for the next couple of days as a new area of low pressure develops on the stationary front over northeast Texas by Monday evening.  By Tuesday morning the low will be located over Missouri. It will move across southern Illinois during the day, and reach western Ohio by Tuesday evening.  The track of the low will throw enough moisture northward  to keep the skies cloudy on Tuesday, and cause some light rain showers.  High pressure over the southern plains will ridge into the mid west on Wednesday.  It will be sunny on Wednesday, and with a light northwesterly wind, the temperature will reach the upper 40's.  All in all it will be a great day for travel in the mid west on the day before Thanksgiving. The high will  move to eastern Kentucky by early Thursday morning.  It will be another sunny day on Thanksgiving Day, and a brisk southwesterly wind will develop by afternoon.  Temperatures will soar to 56 degrees, and perhaps even higher.  Compare that temperature to the average high for November 24th of 43 degrees.  It will be the warmest day on Thanksgiving since 2006.  Enjoy!   Winds will continue to be vigorous through Thursday night and Friday.  Friday will be another very mild day with a high in the middle to upper 50's.  A weather system will be approaching the Stateline from the plains states.  Gulf moisture will be drawn northward into the system so  there will be a slight chance of showers under partly cloudy skies.  Rain showers will be likely on Friday night, and some showers may linger into Saturday.  It will be mostly cloudy and cooler on Sunday with a high in the low 40's.