Another northern lights opportunity tonight, warm for Mother's Day

Cloud cover cleared out rather quickly before the midnight hour, allowing northern Illinois to get in on the northern lights fun! 

If you missed out, don't worry. There are still a few CMEs or coronal mass ejections that have yet to impact the earth's atmosphere. In other words, the northern lights will once again be possible Saturday night into Sunday. The one caveat, you may need to take a small trip to the north as tonight's edition isn't expected to be as widespread. 

Going back to the cloud cover, the cold front that brought it will leave our winds out of the northwest to kick off Mother's Day weekend. This will leave our high temperatures in the upper 60s. 

Skies will however remain partly cloudy throughout the day, turning mostly clear overnight. Again, if you missed out on last night's northern lights, tonight's forecast will be provide great viewing conditions. You'll just have to find a spot that is away from city lights and look low on the horizon! 

Winds turn more to the southwest for Mother's Day, allowing highs to briefly touch or even eclipse the 80-degree mark. This does come with partly cloudy skies, though our next opportunity for rain will be slowly approaching from the west.

Scattered showers may return as early as Sunday evening, with better rain chances sliding into the forecast as we begin the new work week. Highs will trend southward, landing in the low 70s on Monday and then upper 60s Tuesday.