Some Areas May Get up to 1" of Rain by Late Monday

The Stateline recorded the 4th day in a row with high temperatures in the 70's.  Today's high of 73 degrees is the first time we have had a high below 74 degrees since June 1st when Rockford recorded  a 68 degree high.  It appears as if the scorching hot summer is over... well, maybe not, but it is certainly on leave. The 73 degree high temperature was 10 degrees below the average high for the date.  The extended forecast which goes out 2 weeks continues to indicate below average temperatures.  The highs across the area were in the low to middle 70's. The temperature was prevented from going higher by a persistent deck of clouds. Those clouds are associated with a weather system that are moving into the area tonight.  Rain will be likely with this system overnight, and there is even a slight chance of some embedded thunderstorms in spots, mainly well south of Rockford in area near Interstate 80.  There is still potential for some pretty good rainfall amounts up to 1". The best chances of good rainfall will be between US 20 on the north and Interstate 80 on the south. That does include almost all of the Stateline. Rain showers will taper off later Monday morning into the afternoon.  It will be relatively cool again under the clouds with a high in the Rockford area around 74 degrees.  The system will move off to the east on Monday night and skies will become mostly clear by morning.  the low will be in the upper 50's.  Tuesday looks like a nearly perfect day with a high in the low 80's under lots of sunshine.  Conditions will warm up on Wednesday in advance of the next system.  It will be partly cloudy with a high in the middle 80's.  It appears as if Wednesday will be the only day in the next 7 days to have a warmer than average high temperature.  A strong cool front will move through the area on Thursday into Thursday night.  There will be scattered thunderstorms on Thursday, and there will be a pretty good chance of thunderstorms on Thursday evening.  It will be considerably cooler on Friday, and stay that way through the weekend.  It will be mostly sunny to sunny with highs only in the low 70's, and nighttime lows will be in the low 50's.