A Litte Bit of Everything

Good evening Stateline! It's been a very busy day weather wise. To start things off, we had our first thunderstorm of 2019 earlier this evening. This storm moved through Lee county, Ogle county, and right over the city of Rockford. A lot of lightning associated with this storm as well as some dime to nickel sized hail!

Many spots across the viewing area a close to an inch of rain. Some spots including Rockford , and Galena have eclipsed the 1" mark. Rockford right now at 1.12" and Galena is at 1.09". We still have a chance for some rain tonight before a cold front moves through early tomorrow morning and switches the rain over to a light snow.



A dense fog advisory is in effect for our Southern Wisconsin counties as well as our Western counties including Rock, Green, and Walworth, Jo-Daviess, Carroll, Whiteside, and Stephenson counties. This advisory will stay in effect until 4 AM. Visibility will drop to about 1/4 of mile at times tonight.



 After that expires, a High Wind Warning will go into effect for all of the counties in the viewing area. This warning will stretch through the day tomorrow into the evening hours. Winds throughout the day tomorrow could gust up to 60 mph at times. 

  Here is a timeline of when we can expect the highest wind gusts. Between 2 AM and 6 AM, a cold front is set to come through the Stateline. After 6 AM is when we could see wind gust up to 55 mph and then up to 60 mph by 10 AM. Winds should start decreasing throughout the afternoon and evening hours tomorrow. We still expect gusty winds heading into Monday morning.

So here is what to expect as far as impacts onight into tomorrow. We still have a chance for some rain heading into the early parts of tomorrow morning. That along with the melting snow could cause roadways to flood. If you come across a flooded roadway, turn around and don't drown.

Dense fog has also formed this evening allowing visibility to drop to near 1.5 miles in some spots. So if you are traveling or on the roads tonight, give yourself extra time. And then on the backside of this system, winds will ramp up tonight