Weekend Events

The weather this week has been relatively quiet, and it will continue to be for at least the first half of your holiday weekend. Temperatures on Friday will warm back to 70° today with mostly sunny skies. City Market kicks off today in downtown Rockford and it will be a perfect day for it! It opens at 3:30pm and temperatures should be in the lower 70's, and by the time it ends at 8:30pm temperatures will drop into the low 60's but it will still be very pleasant as the sun sets.

Magic Waters opens up on Saturday, and while it won't exactly feel like summer, it will still be warm. Temperatures will warm into the mid 70's Saturday afternoon, with clouds beginning to increase from the southwest to the northeast later in the day. I hear that their water is heated, in
case you are worried it will be a little too cool!

The Young at Heart Festival is also this weekend at the Loves Park City Hall Festival Grounds. You'll be able to get the rides in on Saturday, but you'll want to keep an eye on the radar because we will have the chance for a few scattered showers and possibly a thunderstorm on Sunday and into Monday. Monday afternoon the rain threat will be mainly over with the dry slot of the system moving in. This will bring in drier air and helping to cut off the rain. And while there is rain in the forecast, it won't be a total wash out, there will still be plenty of dry hours in the forecast too!

Have a happy and safe holiday weekend!