Thursday morning weather update

 

If you enjoyed the weather Wednesday, you're going to really enjoy what we have in store for Thursday! It's a little bit of a cooler start this morning under clear skies and light winds. There is some fog in some of the low-lying areas, but it shouldn't cause too much of an issue on the commute this morning.

As high pressure remains centered over the Great Lakes skies will stay mostly sunny Thursday afternoon. High temperatures will warm into the mid-70s, with Rockford's high reaching 76. The drier air mass will help keep moisture at bay, with thunderstorms remaining over the Plains.

By Friday evening high pressure will be centered over Ohio with the return of southerly winds locally. This will slowly bring in more moisture through Friday night, eventually leading to rain showers overnight.

Clouds will gradually increase throughout the day Friday but that shouldn't prevent temperatures from warming close to 80 degrees! Winds will pick up a bit Friday night ahead of low pressure that'll move through central Illinois early Saturday. Showers with a few embedded thunderstorms are likely during that time, ending by the time we get into Saturday afternoon. Temperatures Saturday will reach the low to mid 70s, warming into the low 80s by Sunday.