Fabulous Weekend!

Canadian high pressure was responsible for the sunshine, low humidity, blue skies, light winds, and comfortable temperatures across the Stateline on Friday.  The high was 75 degrees in Rockford, and that was just 1 degree below average.  The sprawling high will edge slowly eastward across the area overnight, and it will be centered just to our east on Saturday.  It will provide the Stateline with another sunny day on Saturday, and yet another on Sunday.  The afternoon temperatures will reach the upper 70's to around 80 degrees both days.  It will be comfortable with low humidity, but by Sunday afternoon the wind will pick up from the southwest at 10-15 mph.  A new cold front will approach the area on Monday morning.  This front is a strong one with significant cooling following in behind it.  There will be a good chance of showers associated with the frontal passage, and maybe even an isolated thunderstorm.  It will be cooler with the high temperature around 69 degrees occurring in the morning, and temperatures falling into the upper 50's or low 60's by late afternoon.  There could still be some scattered showers in the evening.  It will be breezy and cooler overnight with an early morning low around 43 degrees.  Canadian high pressure will follow in behind the front dropping temperatures to around 40 degrees on Tuesday night.  There will be a relatively fast northwest flow across the northern plains into the upper mid west, and the next cold front will already drop across northwestern Minnesota across southern South Dakota by 6 am on Wednesday.  Our area will see a bit of a warm up with the afternoon highs reaching close to 70 degrees.  There will be a slight chance of showers late in the day, and a better chance on Wednesday night as the front pushes through the Stateline.  Temperatures will remain cool through Friday with highs in the 60's and lows 45 to 50 degrees.