Not as Hot, but Still Above Average

A weather system over the plains has caused an area of showers and thunderstorms to develop to well  our west over Iowa. Some high cloud cover from that area of showers has overspread parts of the Stateline. It will be partly cloudy overnight over most of northern Illinois, but there will be a slight chance of showers, and possibly an isolated thunderstorm over far northwestern Illinois after midnight. The overnight low will be in the low to middle 60's. On Sunday the disturbance to our west will move into the Stateline, and scattered showers and thunderstorms will develop. Only about 30% coverage is expected, so very little relief from the severe drought will happen with this system. The high temperature on Sunday will be around 86 degrees.  No exceptionally hot weather is expected next week.  That said... it will still be quite warm with every day through next weekend remaining above average with highs in the upper 80's and lows in the mid to upper 60's.  Chances of rainfall will remain low with the next chance of rain on Thursday and Thursday night.  Rainfall amounts forecast for the next week will also be low with general amounts no more than half an inch.  The severe drought will not have much chance for improvement during the next week.