Jordan Wolfe

Rockford

Weekend Meteorologist and Photojournalist at WTVO-TV (Rockford, IL)

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Triple digit heat index likely this weekend, heat advisory issued

1 week ago | mystateline.com | Jordan Wolfe

It will be a very hot and humid weekend with temperatures well into the 90s over the next several days. This will be paired with dew points in the low/mid 70s, placing heat indices above 100°. A heat advisory has been issued area-wide that will run Saturday through Monday. Air temperatures will reach the mid-90s for the next 3 straight days: 94° on Saturday, 95° on Sunday, and 96° on Monday for our current forecast highs. Heat index will be closer to 100-110° at times for the next few days.
Atmospheric mixing could play a factor in how hot we get this weekend

1 week ago | mystateline.com | Jordan Wolfe

We will see our first excessively hot and humid stretch of the season this weekend, as temperatures are likely to reach well into the 90s with heat indices pushing above 100° at times. Just how high the air temperature climbs will have a number of factors that play into it. One of those factors is called atmospheric mixing. The atmosphere is a three-dimensional construct, with differing air masses East/West and North/South, but also near and above the surface.
Stormy pattern with summer-like humidity this week

1 week ago | mystateline.com | Jordan Wolfe

The upcoming pattern this week will feel a bit more summer-like with added humidity and almost daily thunderstorm chances. Most of the activity will favor the first half of the week, from Monday through Wednesday. At this time, the exact timing of each round of storms may be a bit tricky to determine, partly because each previous round will heavily influence the evolution of the next.
Father's Day brings more clouds, isolated sprinkles

1 week ago | mystateline.com | Jordan Wolfe

It will be a pleasant Saturday evening in the Stateline as we will remain under partly cloudy skies as temperatures will fall into the upper 50s. Father’s Day will be similar to Saturday was, as high temperatures will again reach into the low 80s. We will see a little bit more cloud cover and a small chance for a few isolated sprinkles. The best chance of these light showers and sprinkles will be to the West, as decaying showers and storms from Iowa track our direction.
Old Settlers Days Forecast: Mostly dry but warm and humid

2 weeks ago | mystateline.com | Jordan Wolfe

If you plan to head out for the festivities in Rockton for Old Settlers Days, the weather looks to cooperate for the most part! Saturday and Sunday will be warm and summer-like with some humidity, but things will remain mostly dry. After a cloudy morning Saturday, the sunshine will come out for the afternoon and evening. Rain showers will be possible well North and Southeast of us, but we will be dry through the daytime.
Slim chances for rain through the weekend, humidity builds in next week

2 weeks ago | mystateline.com | Jordan Wolfe

In weather, we like to throw around words like “scattered, isolated, and widespread” as ways to describe rain chances. This is a good graph to visualize what those words mean. Isolated showers have been the name of the game the last couple days, with less than 20% of people seeing any rain at all. That means more than 80% of the area stayed completely dry. We will again see isolated or widely scattered showers and a few storms tomorrow.
Brief weekend cool-down, return to heat and humidity next week

2 weeks ago | mystateline.com | Jordan Wolfe

After the continued isolated thunderstorms chances throughout Thursday and Friday, we will see a bit of a drier patch for the weekend. A little bit of the atmospheric moisture will slide Southward, drying things out a little bit for us here as high pressure takes over this weekend. That high pressure also comes with a brief cool-down from the 80s and 90s as of late, below 80° for both Saturday and Sunday.
Scattered showers Monday, warm and active pattern to close the week

2 weeks ago | mystateline.com | Jordan Wolfe

After a few scattered thunderstorms Sunday afternoon, we will clear out quickly tonight as temperatures drop back to the 50s. Monday will bring another round of scattered showers and a few embedded thunderstorms. These will be possible starting mid-morning and possibly last into the evening hours, before diminishing in coverage toward sunset. Any storms we do see within the scattered showers will likely not become severe, but may be capable of producing small hail and quick downpours.
Scattered shower and storm chances over the next few days

2 weeks ago | mystateline.com | Jordan Wolfe

8:30PM UPDATE: Some of the nearly stationary rain showers are quickly adding up rain totals, especially near Rochelle. Radar estimates over 1″ of rain has already fallen as of 8:30PM. A flood advisory has been issued for portions of Ogle, Lee, and DeKalb counties through 11PM. It has been another warm and mostly dry day so far in the Stateline Saturday. But as of 6:30PM, scattered showers have been slowly pushing North of I-88 across Carroll, Whiteside, Ogle, and Lee Counties.
Weekend rain chances bring brief cool-down early next week

3 weeks ago | mystateline.com | Jordan Wolfe

It was another sunny and warm day in the Stateline Friday, as temperatures reached near 80° for most. Saturday will be similar to start out, but clouds will increase through the afternoon. Scattered rain showers will follow as our next weather system passes mostly South of Rockford into the evening. Highest coverage of rain will be found the further South you travel, with some spots in Southern Wisconsin possibly staying completely dry.