Fall Weather On the Way

Our 3rd day in a row with temperatures hitting 90° across the Stateline area, but heat index values were much lower than what they've been the past couple of days.  Humidity is a little lower, but it's still fairly muggy.  It'll stay fairly muggy this evening, but overall it's going to be a nice, summer-like evening with temperatures in the upper 70's to low 80's and clear skies.  The clear skies will help temperatures cool off quickly, and we'll eventually dip to the mid 60's during the overnight tonight with chances for light fog early tomorrow morning.

As we go into the work week, temperatures will vary across the Stateline due to cloud cover from an approaching front.  We'll see more cloud cover out west, but lots of sunshine out east.  This will lead to the temperature variation.  We're looking to see the mid 80's out west, with temperatures around 90° possible out east.  Rockford will be in the middle with partly cloudy skies and temperatures around 88°.

On Tuesday, a cold front will approach from the west bringing us chances for some light rain out west during the morning, with thunderstorms expected for the afternoon.  However, these thunderstorms are not expected to be severe.  The front will move out during the evening, after which we'll finally get to see the fall-like weather we're supposed to be having settle in!

Dry, cool air will settle in after the front moves out, bringing us sunshine for the rest of the week with temperatures gradually cooling down.  We'll be in the low 70's Wednesday and Thursday, dipping to the mid 60's on Friday, before low 70's return for next weekend.

The fall-like temperatures will be a huge relief, especially after having temperatures that were nearly 20° above average! However, as odd as it is, we only broke one temperature record this weekend.  Saturday we hit 93°, which was just one degree above the previous record of 92° set back in 1937.  With the cool air coming in later this week, temperature records are unlikely to be broken anytime soon.