Cooler weather and a chance of storms

Our streak in Rockford of consecutive days with highs of at least 80 degrees may come to an end by Friday.  As of Monday, Rockford has seen 54 consecutive days with highs of at least 80 degrees.  This ranks as the 4th longest streak in Rockford's history.  The longest streak is 86 consecutive days back in 1895.  The last time Rockford's high temperature was less than 80 degrees was all the way back on June 13th.

If we can stay at or above 80 degrees through Thursday, that will put us 1 day short of the 2nd longest streak, which is 58 days back in 1936.  It's possible we will top out at 57 consecutive days (which would rank 3rd), as temperatures will likely cool into the 70s by Friday as strong high pressure in the southwestern part of the US and a trough of low pressure in the Great Lakes region will help to pull in cool Canadian air from the north.

We will see a slight chance of storms on Tuesday and Wednesday as a weak cold front to our northwest moves through the region.  A better chance of storms will come late Wednesday through Thursday as another disturbance and stronger front moves through.  The day 3 convective outlook from the Storm Prediction Center for Thursday shows the area of possible severe weather just to our south with that disturbance that will move through Wednesday into Thursday.  This will be something to keep an eye on as we head into the middle part of the week.

Ryan Kinnison - WTVO Intern