Another Round of Rain and Impacts on Flooding

After a week of gray weather, we did manage to see a brief clearing up in Beloit, allowing us to capture a beautiful sunset; a nice way to end the week.  We'll keep that cloud cover heading through the night, which will help our temperatures from cooling off too much.  We'll only cool to the mid 20's during the overnight, where some patchy fog will be possible too.

As we head through Saturday, any fog that forms will die down by mid-day, but we'll still maintain cloudy skies heading into the afternoon.  A warm front will move near our area, bringing us isolated rain showers through the area late afternoon.

Once we get into late evening on Saturday, that low pressure center will move over the Stateline, bringing us chances for heavier rain showers heading into the night.  However, the heavier rain isn't expected to last long, and will die down once we get to around midnight.

 Once that low pressure system moves out Sunday morning, some dry air will settle in from the west, clearing out skies and bringing some warmer temperatures to end the weekend.  We'll even maintain the sunshine and warmth heading into the work week, where temperatures will be near 50° Monday afternoon.

Do keep in mind that there are still multiple flood warnings across the Stateline.  Luckily, many of these areas are starting to see water levels recede, but it'll take until the middle of next week for most of these areas to see regular water levels again.

 Two key areas that you'll still want to be cautious about are Freeport and Shirland, both along the Pecatonica River.

The Freeport area will see water levels crest at major flood stage levels Sunday morning, before falling back below its flood stage levels on Wednesday.

The Shirland area will see water levels crest at major flood stage levels Saturday afternoon, with water levels beginning to recede Saturday evening.  However, this area will be seeing a very slow recession of water levels, and will take until the end of next week before water levels get below flood stage.

Above all else, avoid flooded roadways in these areas.  TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN!