It was another gorgeous, summer-like day in the Stateline hitting the mid to upper 80's again. However, we now have some rain moving in from the west, which is why we're seeing some clouds build up on our MercyHealth Skycam out in Freeport. The rain is developing ahead of a cold front, and is moving through some of our western counties. The front will slowly make its way towards the Stateline as we go through the night, so we'll keep rain chances in play this evening out west as a few more showers could develop ahead of the front. Everywhere else will see mostly clear skies this evening with temperatures in the upper 70s to low 80s.
The front will move in around 4am, by which the better rain chances out west will come into play. The front will then move further into the Stateline around 7am, giving rain chances to everyone else. By around 1pm, the front will move out and we'll have a gorgeous end to the weekend with sunshine and more mild temperatures in the upper 70's.
Lots of warm air and moisture will be moving into our area as we go through the work week, which will warm our temperatures while also increasing our rain chances. Our first round of rain will come up on Monday, with thunderstorms looking to move in on Wednesday. Slight chances for a couple isolated storms Thursday and Friday, but the best rain/storm chances will be Monday and Wednesday. Tuesday we'll see drier conditions with sunshine and temperatures in the mid 80's.
It's a good thing we've got a more active weather pattern coming up because we desperately need the rain. The U.S. Drought Monitor has classified northern Illinois as Abnormally Dry, which is on the lower end of the drought scale. We're building on a fairly large deficit from August and are already in a big deficit for this month, but at least these rain chance coming up will point us in the right direction.
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