Temperatures Go On A Rollercoaster Ride into Next Week!

Happy First Day of Spring everyone! After such a brutal winter, we can finally say "We made it"! Spring officially begins this afternoon at 4:58 PM! To start off the morning, a weak disturbance brought light rain to the southern portions of our viewing area as well as parts of central Illinois.

Here is a regional look at rainfall totals from this quick event! Light rain just barely made it into the southern portion of our viewing area. Which is great news! Especially with the flooding that is occurring across the Stateline! Overall, our southern counties saw very light accumulation from this event. While down to our south, places like Pontiac and Peoria recorded close to a quarter of an inch.

Flood warnings continue to stay in effect until further notice for many spots along the Rock and Pecatonica Rivers. These warnings have been in effect since last week.




The rest of the week and a majority of the weekend looks to be pretty dry. Here is a look at the jet stream around Friday morning. Now, we have a huge area of low pressure moving into the northeast indicated by the shades of blue.

To the west of that is a ridge of high pressure indicated by the shades of yellow and green. This ridge will help surge in warm air from the south helping us reach the 50's both Saturday and Sunday.


But this warm up is short lived as a strong backdoor cold front will pass through the region late Sunday into Monday. Backdoor cold fronts move from North to South unlike a regular cold front which moves west to east. This will bring in the cold air from southern Canada dropping low's to the 40's for the start of next week.




Taking a look at our 7 day, temperatures definitely go on a roller coaster ride during the first week of Spring. Enjoy the first day of Spring everyone!