Latest drought monitor shows improving conditions, but not much rain expected this week

Earlier this week may have been a little hard for some people with the 0.3" of snow that was recorded at the Chicago Rockford International Airport Monday evening.  But look at it this way, it could be a whole lot worse!  At least it's not a FOOT of snow like parts of Minnesota and northern Wisconsin have picked up in the past 24 hours! 

Things are on the up and up over the next several
days.  Temperatures will slowly begin to trend closer to where they should be for the middle of April; in the low to mid 60's.  With the warming trend, it doesn't appear as if any major storm systems are on the horizon for at least a week.  Looks like we'll get some rain Sunday night into Monday, maybe even a thunderstorm or two, as a cold front passes but it won't be as much as what fell
just this past Sunday.  The rainfall over the weekend did help with the drier than normal conditions across parts of the Midwest.  Northwest Illinois still remains a little dry, as well as parts of Wisconsin, but nothing that looks like it will worsen within the next week or so.  Before last Sunday's rainfall, there were actually a few farmers out doing some tillage work in the fields and if the soil stays dry enough for the next week or so, they may even begin to do some corn planting.