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Hazardous Weather Conditions

Current conditions at

Rockford, Greater Rockford Airport (KRFD)

Lat: 42.19°NLon: 89.09°WElev: 735ft.

Fair

29°F

-2°C

Humidity	78%
Wind Speed	W 7 mph
Barometer	30.18 in (1022.7 mb)
Dewpoint	23°F (-5°C)
Visibility	10.00 mi
Wind Chill	22°F (-6°C)
Last update	12 Mar 5:54 am CDT

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Extended Forecast for

4 Miles NNW Kingston IL

Wind Advisory March 13, 01:00am until March 13, 06:00pm

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Wind Advisory

Today
High: 46 °F
Increasing
Clouds
Tonight
Low: 33 °F
Windy. Slight
Chance
Showers then
Showers
Likely
Friday
High: 43 °F
Mostly Cloudy
and Very
Windy
Friday Night
Low: 28 °F
Increasing
Clouds
Saturday
High: 41 °F
Cloudy then
Slight Chance
Rain/Snow
Saturday Night
Low: 33 °F
Chance
Rain/Snow
then
Rain/Snow
Sunday
High: 49 °F
Rain/Snow and
Breezy
Sunday Night
Low: 15 °F
Snow and
Windy
Monday
High: 22 °F
Chance Snow
and Windy

Detailed Forecast

Today

Increasing clouds, with a high near 46. West wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Tonight

Showers likely, mainly before 3am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. Windy, with a south wind 15 to 20 mph increasing to 25 to 30 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 45 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Friday

Mostly cloudy, with a high near 43. Very windy, with a west wind 30 to 35 mph, with gusts as high as 55 mph.

Friday Night

Increasing clouds, with a low around 28. West northwest wind 10 to 15 mph decreasing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.

Saturday

A slight chance of snow showers after 1pm, mixing with rain after 4pm. Cloudy, with a high near 41. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southeast in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Saturday Night

A chance of rain and snow showers before 7pm, then a chance of snow showers between 7pm and 10pm, then rain and snow showers after 10pm. Low around 33. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Sunday

Rain, possibly mixed with snow showers, becoming all rain after 1pm. High near 49. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 100%.

Sunday Night

Snow. Cloudy, with a low around 15. Windy.

Monday

A chance of snow before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 22. Windy.

Monday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around 2.

Tuesday

Mostly sunny, with a high near 24.

Tuesday Night

Mostly cloudy, with a low around 12.