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Our fabulous stretch of comfortable cooler weather continued on Saturday with the afternoon high reaching the upper 70s under sunny blue skies along with light northerly winds. It will start out mostly clear early tonight, but skies will quickly become partly cloudy tonight. Most of those clouds will be high thin cirrus between 20,000 and 25,000 feet. Stars will be visible through the clouds from time to time. These clouds are forerunners of a weatther system that will move across the Stateline on Sunday night and Monday with the potential for some nice rainfall totals between 0.50" and 1.50". It will be cool overnight with a low in the low to middle 50's. Sun will filter through the clouds in the morning, but there enough energy getting through to push the temperatures into the upper 70's again in the afternoon. The weather system approaching from the west could bring some widely scattered light rain showers to the area in the afternoon, but the real action will hold off until Sunday night which will be cloudy, and rainy with the potential for a few thundertorms. There will be little or no wind early on Sunday night, but southerly winds will develop across the area and blow around 10 mph. The low will be near 60 degrees. Rain will linger into Monday with the most significant rains in the morning hours. It will be relatively cool under the clouds with an afternoon high around 74 degrees.
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Some Areas May Get up to 1" of Rain by Late Monday
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The Stateline recorded the 4th day in a row with high temperatures in the 70's. Today's high of 73 degrees is the first time we have had a high below 74 degrees since June 1st when Rockford recorded a 68 degree high. It appears as if the scorching hot summer is over... well, maybe not, but it is certainly on leave. The 73 degree high temperature was 10 degrees below the average high for the date. The extended forecast which goes out 2 weeks continues to indicate below average temperatures. The highs across the area were in the low to middle 70's. The temperature was prevented from going higher by a persistent deck of clouds. Those clouds are associated with a weather system that are moving into the area tonight. Rain will be likely with this system overnight, and there is even a slight chance of some embedded thunderstorms in spots, mainly well south of Rockford in area near Interstate 80. There is still potential for some pretty good rainfall amounts up to 1". The best chances of good rainfall will be between US 20 on the north and Interstate 80 on the south. That does include almost all of the Stateline. Rain showers will taper off later Monday morning into the afternoon. It will be relatively cool again under the clouds with a high in the Rockford area around 74 degrees. The system will move off to the east on Monday night and skies will become mostly clear by morning. the low will be in the upper 50's. Tuesday looks like a nearly perfect day with a high in the low 80's under lots of sunshine. Conditions will warm up on Wednesday in advance of the next system. It will be partly cloudy with a high in the middle 80's. It appears as if Wednesday will be the only day in the next 7 days to have a warmer than average high temperature. A strong cool front will move through the area on Thursday into Thursday night. There will be scattered thunderstorms on Thursday, and there will be a pretty good chance of thunderstorms on Thursday evening. It will be considerably cooler on Friday, and stay that way through the weekend. It will be mostly sunny to sunny with highs only in the low 70's, and nighttime lows will be in the low 50's.
The 70s make a return
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Sunday was the fourth day in a row where temperatures were below 80 degrees and this afternoon will make it the fifth. After a brief return of the 80s by the middle of the week it looks as if the chill will return by the end of the week and into the weekend. An amplified blocking pattern will begin to develop mid-week with a strong upper level low near Hudson Bay as what appears to be a Greenland Block trying to develop. This is when high pressure develops near Greenland and in turn forces the jetstream southward across the U.S. This will cause the jetstream to move as far south as the mid-Atlantic and bring below average temperatures through the weekend.
Average highs for the middle of August should be right around 83 degrees and as it stands right now it looks like highs by the end of the week will run a good ten degrees below that in some locations. In fact, the cooler weather looks to stick around for the next week and a half to two weeks.
Sunday was the fourth day in a row where temperatures were below 80 degrees and this afternoon will make it the fifth. After a brief return of the 80s by the middle of the week it looks as if the chill will return by the end of the week and into the weekend. An amplified blocking pattern will begin to develop mid-week with a strong upper level low near Hudson Bay as what appears to be a Greenland Block trying to develop. This is when high pressure develops near Greenland and in turn forces the jetstream southward across the U.S. This will cause the jetstream to move as far south as the mid-Atlantic and bring below average temperatures through the weekend. Average highs for the middle of August should be right around 83 degrees and as it stands right now it looks like highs by the end of the week will run a good ten degrees below that in some locations. In fact, the cooler weather looks to stick around for the next week and a half to two weeks.
Fall-like weather looks to stick around
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Record breaking heat and extreme drought this summer will be on the minds of many for the next several months but it's nice to see a forecast a little more representative of fall-like weather. Persistent high pressure during the month of July brought several days of 100 degree, or higher, heat across the mid-section of the country. Unfortunately, this heat remains for some but for others a pattern change within the jetstream will bring a taste of fall by this weekend. So, what's the cause for the cooler weather?
A high latitude blocking pattern near Greenland will occur and in turn this causes the jetstream to buckle and dip south across the Great Lakes. A developing trough of low pressure in the middle of the atmosphere will also strengthen helping induce below average weather for many. After a strong cold front moves through Thursday afternoon highs will drop nearly 10 degrees below the average. As I mentioned before the average high for this time of year is in the low 80s and it looks like temperatures will only reach the low 70s; especially for Friday and Saturday. These temperatures are more typical of what we would feel towards the middle and end of September. Due to the strength of both the trough in the Great Lakes and ridge near Greenland it will be difficult to break this pattern which may allow the cooler weather to stick around through the end of August!
Record breaking heat and extreme drought this summer will be on the minds of many for the next several months but it's nice to see a forecast a little more representative of fall-like weather. Persistent high pressure during the month of July brought several days of 100 degree, or higher, heat across the mid-section of the country. Unfortunately, this heat remains for some but for others a pattern change within the jetstream will bring a taste of fall by this weekend. So, what's the cause for the cooler weather?A high latitude blocking pattern near Greenland will occur and in turn this causes the jetstream to buckle and dip south across the Great Lakes. A developing trough of low pressure in the middle of the atmosphere will also strengthen helping induce below average weather for many. After a strong cold front moves through Thursday afternoon highs will drop nearly 10 degrees below the average. As I mentioned before the average high for this time of year is in the low 80s and it looks like temperatures will only reach the low 70s; especially for Friday and Saturday. These temperatures are more typical of what we would feel towards the middle and end of September. Due to the strength of both the trough in the Great Lakes and ridge near Greenland it will be difficult to break this pattern which may allow the cooler weather to stick around through the end of August!
Where Did Summer Go?
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After a record breaking July in terms of the heat, August has been a much different story across the Stateline. In fact, we have already seen seven days of below normal temperatures in August, which matches what we saw in June and July combined!
If the current forecast holds up, we're looking to add onto that cool streak in a big way. Wednesday will warm up into the upper 80s before a cold front knocks temperatures into the 70s for several days.In case you were wondering, the average high in August is around 82, so we're talking several days of highs around 10 degrees below normal.
After a record breaking July in terms of the heat, August has been a much different story across the Stateline. In fact, we have already seen seven days of below normal temperatures in August, which matches what we saw in June and July combined!If the current forecast holds up, we're looking to add onto that cool streak in a big way. Wednesday will warm up into the upper 80s before a cold front knocks temperatures into the 70s for several days.In case you were wondering, the average high in August is around 82, so we're talking several days of highs around 10 degrees below normal.
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