Rain Chances Continue Into Our Wednesday

Before we jump into the forecast for today, a few of our viewers captured stellar weather pictures this morning. First, we would like to thank our First Warn weather watcher Sandy Bruch. She took this photo of a blanket of fog laying over the corn fields in her backyard. In fact, visibility in portions of Stephenson, Lee, and Whiteside Counties did drop below 1/4 a couple of times as the morning progressed. Clutch sunrise photo Sandy!

Our second photo comes out of Delavan, Wisconsin up in Walworth County. An isolated thunderstorm that was tracking east towards Milwaukee produced an outflow boundary, also known as a gust front, as it was weakening. Fellow storm chaser Corey Bull captured this stellar photo of a shelf cloud on the leading edge of the gust front as it was tracking through Southern Wisconsin. We tend to call pictures of individuals in front of a shelf cloud a "shelfie".  There's some weather humor for you!

As far as the weather for today, a low pressure centered over southwest Wisconsin will continue to track southeast ward through the day and could provide the spark for additional rain and storm chances this afternoon. The severe threat looks to remain low for today, but a gusty isolated thunderstorm or two is possible. Part of the reason severe weather isn’t expected relates to the shortage of instability or energy in the atmosphere. Shower chances look to linger into this evening, but shouldn't bring any hazardous driving conditions on your drive home later on.

While we have some humidity still sticking around, conditions through the day will feel a tad less muggy from what we experienced yesterday. Today's highs will only climb into the upper 70’s under mostly cloudy skies. If we get some clearing, a few spots could peek into the low 80's. But, the most recent visible satellite imagery shows just how stocked our area is with clouds as that low pressure continues to spin southeastward into northern Illinois. Now today is the first day of the Winnebago County Fair. Gates open at Noon! If you are heading out to the fair today, just have a place to go under or have the umbrella on hand just in case a few showers do pop up this afternoon and evening. Happy "Hump" Day Stateline!