Fall-Like Weekend and Summer Heat Looking to Return

It was a gorgeous day across the Stateline as temperatures got into the upper 70's to accompany the sunny skies.  We're finally getting the Fall weather we've been waiting for after a 'warm' welcome last week.  We do have a slight rain chance along the state line around 8pm, but other than that we stay dry this evening with temperatures cooling off pretty quickly.  We'll eventually cool down to the upper 40's during the overnight tonight.

We've got an even better Fall-like day tomorrow as temperatures will only be in the upper 60's, and we'll get sunny skies to go along with it again.  We hang on to the Fall like weather going into the weekend, but the summer heat unfortunately isn't done with us yet.  The high pressure system that'll keep our weather Fall-like going into the weekend will track east saturday night, which will put it in a position to pull some warmer air into our area.

By the time we get into the beginning of next week, a low pressure system will form out west.  This, along with the high, will channel warm air into our area, possibly bringing us up into the mid 80's by the time we get to Tuesday.  The warm air will linger afterwards, bringing us rain chances towards the end of next week.  We'll see 80° on Monday, but the summer heat will settle in after.

It's good that we have a slight rain chance this evening and chances for rain at the end of next week, because we've developed quite the rain debt!  We're supposed to have already seen 3 inches of rain by now this month, but we've only gotten half an inch.  We're in a 2.5 inch deficit, and that's building off the deficit that was seen in August.  The U.S. Drought Monitor has put us under abnormally dry conditions, with parts of Boone, McHenry, and Walworth counties classified as Moderately Dry.  Obviously it'll take time before we can make up for the deficit, but the slight rain this evening up north and the rain chances at the end of next week will at least point us in the right direction.