Friday morning weather update

 

The sun comes on Friday morning with a little more cloud cover overhead. This has led to a beautiful sunrise across the region! With filtered sunshine expected Friday afternoon temperatures will warm into the upper 70s, close to 80 degrees.

Ongoing showers and isolated thunderstorms over the Plains will remain well west of the region thanks to high pressure still centered over the Great Lakes. As the high departs us to east Friday evening moisture
will slowly begin to increase. The increasing moisture will eventually lead to showers overspreading northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin Saturday morning.

Low pressure moving across central Illinois Saturday will keep the highest thunderstorm chances centered to the south, but an embedded rumble of thunder or two can't be ruled out locally. Rainfall totals will range from 0.25-0.75 inches, with higher totals to the south.

The rain looks to last through Saturday afternoon before tapering off Saturday evening. As skies slowly begin to clear Saturday night, areas of fog will likely with pockets of dense fog Sunday morning. Once the fog lifts skies will turn partly cloudy with afternoon temperatures warming into the low 80s. An isolated thunderstorm can't be ruled out Sunday afternoon.