Rain Sunday Morning with Cooler Temperatures to Follow

Another beautiful day in the Stateline, hitting the low 80's this afternoon and seeing more sunshine!  The good news is.....the evening will be just as nice!  We'll be in the 70's and keep the clear skies, which means we'll get to enjoy another great-looking sunset.  Skies stay clear most of the night, but clouds will start building up during the overnight as a front approaches.


The ridge of high pressure extending through our area will stay in play for most of the night, which will keep our skies clear and our winds nice and calm.  Once we get passed 2am though, this cold front will be closer to our area, and will start generating some cloud development across the Stateline.

 Once we get passed 4am, the cold front will move into the Stateline, bringing some isolated showers to the area.  The front stays weak early morning, but around 10am as temperatures warm up, instability will go up and allow for a few isolated thunderstorms in the southern half of the Stateline: Whiteside, Lee, southern DeKalb, and portions of Ogle and Carroll counties.


The cold front will move out of the area after 11am, but there will still be a little bit of instability lingering, so a couple quick isolated storms in the southern half of the Stateline will be possible early afternoon, but otherwise we're dry for the afternoon with partly cloudy skies.

Temperatures will be on the cooler side during the afternoon as dry, northerly air sinks into our area behind the cold front.  However, the sunshine will help us get to temperatures around 70°, so we're still looking at a nice afternoon.

Once we get into the overnight Sunday night a high pressure system will track in from the north, pushing more cold air into the area.  This will bring us some brisk temperatures Sunday night in the low 40's, so you may want to get your heaters ready as it's been a while since we've seen overnight temperatures below 50°.

Luckily, this high pressure system will track eastward on Monday, allowing for more sunshine and warmer air to filter back into the area.  We'll stay in the 70's for the most of the work week, with another low moving in mid-week to bring us some thunderstorms, followed by rain chances heading into next weekend.