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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	30.17 in (1022.3 mb)
Dewpoint	23°F (-5°C)
Visibility	10.00 mi
Wind Chill	22°F (-6°C)
Last update	12 Mar 4:54 am CDT

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Extended Forecast for

2 Miles NE Machesney Park 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. Chance
Showers then
Showers
Friday
High: 43 °F
Mostly Cloudy
and Very
Windy
Friday Night
Low: 28 °F
Increasing
Clouds
Saturday
High: 40 °F
Cloudy then
Slight Chance
Snow Showers
Saturday Night
Low: 32 °F
Chance
Rain/Snow
then
Rain/Snow
Sunday
High: 46 °F
Rain/Snow and
Breezy
Sunday Night
Low: 15 °F
Snow and
Windy
Monday
High: 22 °F
Mostly Cloudy
and Blustery

Detailed Forecast

Today

Increasing clouds, with a high near 46. West wind 10 to 15 mph becoming south southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Tonight

Showers, mainly before 4am. Low around 33. Windy, with a south wind 15 to 20 mph becoming south southwest 25 to 30 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 45 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. 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 25 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 becoming light north northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.

Saturday

A 20 percent chance of snow showers after 1pm. Cloudy, with a high near 40. Light and variable wind becoming east southeast 5 to 10 mph in the morning.

Saturday Night

A chance of snow showers before 10pm, then rain and snow showers. Low around 32. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Sunday

Rain and snow showers, becoming all rain after 1pm. High near 46. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 100%.

Sunday Night

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

Monday

Mostly cloudy, with a high near 22. Blustery.

Monday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around 2.

Tuesday

Mostly sunny, with a high near 24.