Friday, August 28, 2015

Friday Night Football Forecast


If you're heading out for Friday night football you'll want to grab an umbrella or poncho, because showers will be moving into the area for the afternoon and evening.


Looking to the west, an area of low pressure is moving ENE across Iowa and will be moving into portions of northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin through the afternoon. Rain will move in earlier to the west and move east through the day. The thunderstorm threat for the day is fairly low because there isn't much instability across the area, which is a key ingredient for thunderstorms. But, hearing a rumble or two in the evening is a possibility. We look to be able to get most high school football games in before we see an increased threat for more thunder overnight, but again the instability is fairly limited, so the chance is small.


Rain fall amounts look to add up to 3 inches in areas to the west of the Stateline, while around here we can expect 3/4 to an inch of rain through Saturday morning. These amounts can shift a bit through the day however, and will be closely tied to the area of low pressure. As the low pressure and cold front move through tomorrow morning we hold on to the chance for scattered showers as well as patchy fog through about 1pm. Highs on Saturday will only warm into the mid 70's, but the 80's return on Sunday will decreasing clouds.

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