A Better Day Ahead but Cool Weather Prevails

Dry conditions with some sunshine will prevail for the first half of Sunday across the Quad Cities and Northern Illinois.  It will not be as breezy today as that low pressure system continues to push off to our Northeast.  The winds just west of the Quad Cities are rather weak and we will see our winds continue to subside as we go through Sunday afternoon.  There a few clouds across the region right now, but when you look towards central and western Iowa there are thicker clouds.  Those clouds will try to work in to our region late Sunday afternoon into the evening.  These clouds will also bring a slight chance for some light rain showers later today.  So enjoy the break from the rain because there are several chances for rain throughout the week with cool temperatures.

A Windy Friday...

A very strong low pressure system is moving through the area today and for the first half of Saturday.  This is producing strong, gusty winds.  The strong winds have caused the National Weather Service (NWS) to issue a wind advisory for those around DeKalb and in the Quad Cities until 7PM CT.   Winds will be sustained out of the East from 20-25 mph with gusts of 45 mph or greater.   The surface map shows the isobars (the black lines) tightly packed close together.  This indicates strong winds around the area of low pressure.   The system will be capable of producing rainfall amounts of a 1/2 inch to an inch of rainfall over the next 24 hours.  This is not good news for those concerned with flooding especially for those along the Mississippi River in the Quad Cities.  Fortunately, we are not going to see anything in the way of severe weather over the next few days.  However, that is not the case in the Southern Plains (Thursday night) and in the Southeast (Friday).   7 people were killed by Thursday nights twisters.  Here are the storms reports from Thursday's storms and those reported so far for early Friday.