Rain falls at night, then snow hits Sunday

ROCKFORD (WREX) – Two waves of wet weather will turn the Stateline into a destroyed mess, or possibly snow, by Monday.

Light rain remains stable overnight before drying out at sunrise on Saturday. The amounts of rain remain below 1/4 ". Coupled with light south winds blowing south at 25 mph, the weather can be cold and wet for most of the night. Temperatures, however, will remain in the 40s tonight, keeping the ice out of the roads.

Saturday will be the break between two storms. The weather remains dry, windy and generally cloudy all day, with peaks in the mid-40s. The next wave of rain will begin Saturday night.

The next storm brings snow flurries on Sunday and sometimes the snow can fall apart. Winter storm watches were issued afterwards to raise awareness of the heavy threat of snow. A low pressure area will slip somewhere between Missouri, Iowa and Illinois and will have enough humidity and cold air to drop large amounts of snow in places. We are currently near or under the axis of the most important snowfall, depending on the model you are looking at. The models do not yet have a consistent trajectory for the storm, and any minor changes in the trajectory of the storm will result in large changes in snow amounts.

Models divided into 2 camps again tonight. One group maintains a north track, bringing a little more rain early than low amounts of snow. The eastern part of Iowa and southern Wisconsin would experience heavy snowfall in this scenario. Most of the others have the storm further south, which means heavy snowfall just above us. 2 "to 6" + seem possible between this Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin from this storm.

If you or someone you know traveling on Sundays, make sure that she knows what the weather can bring at the end of the weekend. Although heavy snow does not fall in the Stateline, other nearby areas may see these higher amounts. Travelers will be affected while traveling in the Midwest.

Continue to monitor the forecasts as they unfold. With the approach of Sunday, the models will have a much better idea of ​​what might be in the store in the area. Trust in the place where the low pressure traces will become much clearer and, once that happens, the totals of the snowfall will fall into place.