Thursday morning rain

10:10am Update:  Heaviest of the rain is falling along Highway 20 and points south this morning.  Still not detecting any lightning so the threat of thunder remains very low.  Heaviest of the rain is in Ogle county near Byron and Stillman Valley and just east of Oregon.  This is the area that has blossomed in intensity within the past hour so higher rainfall totals will be likely across those counties.  The rain will become a little more widespread by this afternoon.  Temperatures remain in the upper 40s.

While there are no lightning strikes being detected to indicate thunder this morning, the rain has intensified near Lena and Pearl City in western Stephenson county. 

Umbrellas and jackets are the two things you don't want to leave home without this morning.  Rain, some heavy at times, will continue this morning and well as into the afternoon.  An upper level low combined with a small area of stronger winds within the jetstream will allow these showers to continue into the afternoon.  Low pressure will pass to our south later today and quickly lift northeast into the eastern Great Lakes by Friday.  Rainfall totals across northeast Iowa and far northwest Illinois have neared half an inch so far.  Look for area wide totals ranging from a quarter inch to one inch by the time the rain ends later tonight.