No Significant Damage

The early morning squall line that moved out of Wisconsin into Winnebago County early this morning did not do any significant damage across north central Illinois.  Small hail and wind gusts to around 45 mph were reported.  There was good news associated with the storms.  Some pretty good rainfall amounts were reported.  The Rockford airport received 0.53".  OK... that's not much, but every little bit helps.  The severe drought continues across vast areas of the mid west.  Rockford is about seven inches short on rainfall this year, so it would take several good rainfall events spread over a period of a couple of weeks to get soil moisture back to levels where it should be.  High pressure over northwestern Wisconsin is pushing a cool front southward across Illinois this morning.  All showers and storms are now well southeast of the area and moving southeast.  Skies are sunny, and the high temperature this afternoon will be close to 90 degrees.
The high pressure will continue to settle to the southeast overnight tonight reaching eastern Wisconsin by sun up on Wednesday.  Winds will be light and variable overnight, and it will be cooler with a low around 63 degrees.  The high will shift southeast across southern Lake Michigan on Wednesday.  It will be sunny and hot with a high around 92 degrees.  The wind will become light southerly.  It will not be as cool on Wednesday night with an overnight low in the upper 60's.  On Thursday it will continue hot with temperatures rising into the low 90's again. A disturbance will pass through the area on Thursday and Thursday night bringing a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms to the Stateline.  It will be very warm and humid overnight on Thursday night with a low in the low 70's. The hot weather will continue on Friday when it will be 90 degrees again.  On Saturday there will be a good chance of showers and thunderstorms as a stronger disturbance moves across the area.  Hopefully, the Stateline will get a good soaking from that system.  It's too early to tell, though.