After a week of oppressive humidity followed by daily thunderstorm chances, the quieter pattern will be a welcome sight for many. It will not be overly cool by July standards, but the humidity will drop a bit with dew points in the low 60s or even 50s! That will result in plentiful sunshine and afternoon highs in the low to mid-80s. We will remain dry through at least Wednesday afternoon, but chances for rain and storms return late Wednesday into Thursday.
The pattern will remain warm going forward in the coming weeks, aided by a large ridge of high pressure developing over the Western plains. This will spread heat and humidity our way, but a subtle West-Northwest orientation to the upper level pattern overhead may not result in quite the oppressive heat as those West of us will see.
It does look likely we will see more mid/upper 80s or low 90s through much of next week, backed up by the Climate Prediction Center's outlook. This favors about a 50-60% chance to see above average temperatures between the 11th-15th. Average high that time of year is right around 84° for Rockford. Summer is far from over, and it looks like we don't have to wait long for our next round of true heat!
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