Made some updates on the back end tonight, so I hope there are no interruptions, because I am a meteorologist, and not an HTML guy! We’ll find out together!

At 1054PM, CT, Rockford was reporting a temperature of 33 degrees with mostly fair skies. Temperatures will continue to cool below freezing overnight, given the clear skies, however a batch of precipitation is rotating through eastern Iowa on the far western periphery of the influence of a broad upper level trough. These showers will not impact Rockford tonight, but a few clouds would arrest the overnight cool down, albeit momentarily.
Flow tomorrow will be from the northwest. A weak feature in the southern part of Hudson Bay will work up a few more clouds, particularly by tomorrow afternoon, with some light rain possible during the early morning on Thursday. This will be the signal that an unseasonably warm ridge is sliding into the area, and ushering in a warm end of the week.
Tomorrow – Increasing clouds. High 57, Low 30
Thursday – Early morning rain, otherwise mostly cloudy, High 59, Low 38

TWC: Tomorrow – Intervals of clouds and sunshine. High 57, Low 29
Thursday – Overcast (early rain). High 58, Low 40

AW: Tomorrow – Partly sunny; a warmup is on the way High 56, Low 29
Thursday – Cloudy with a bit of rain; breezy in the afternoon High 54, Low 39

NWS: Tomorrow – Mostly sunny, (Early rain) High 55, Low 31
Thursday – A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly before 1pm. High 55, Low 40

WB: Tomorrow – Partly cloudy High 56, Low 32
Thursday – Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers mainly in the morning High 55, Low 43

WN: Tomorrow – Partly cloudy with a light wintry mix, High 55, Low 31
Thursday – Mostly cloudy with scattered showers, High 55, Low 41

CLI: Tomorrow – Light rain showers High 56, Low 31
Thursday – Overcast High 58, Low 38

When I say a warm start to the weekend, I’m talking “close to 80” warm, which is very nice in March. It won’t last, of course, as it never does. A lot of forecasts for rain on Wednesday, despite a pretty unblemished satellite.