Crystal Lake, Illinois 7 Day Weather Forecast
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NWS Forecast for Crystal Lake IL
National Weather Service Forecast for:
Crystal Lake IL
Issued by: National Weather Service Chicago, IL |
Updated: 10:06 am CDT Apr 4, 2025 |
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Today
 Partly Sunny then Scattered Showers
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Tonight
 Showers
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Saturday
 Isolated Showers then Mostly Cloudy
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Saturday Night
 Mostly Cloudy
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Sunday
 Mostly Sunny
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Sunday Night
 Partly Cloudy
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Monday
 Chance Snow Showers
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Monday Night
 Mostly Clear
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Tuesday
 Sunny
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Hi 49 °F |
Lo 40 °F |
Hi 48 °F |
Lo 28 °F |
Hi 50 °F |
Lo 32 °F |
Hi 40 °F |
Lo 22 °F |
Hi 46 °F |
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Hazardous Weather Outlook
Today
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Scattered showers after 1pm. Mostly sunny early, then becoming cloudy, with a high near 49. East wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. |
Tonight
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Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 1am, then showers likely. Low around 40. East northeast wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. |
Saturday
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Isolated showers before 7am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 48. North northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 10%. |
Saturday Night
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Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. North northwest wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. |
Sunday
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Mostly sunny, with a high near 50. North wind 5 to 10 mph. |
Sunday Night
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Partly cloudy, with a low around 32. |
Monday
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A 30 percent chance of snow showers before 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 40. |
Monday Night
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Mostly clear, with a low around 22. |
Tuesday
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Sunny, with a high near 46. |
Tuesday Night
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Partly cloudy, with a low around 29. |
Wednesday
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Mostly sunny, with a high near 57. |
Wednesday Night
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A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 39. |
Thursday
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A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 61. |
Forecast from NOAA-NWS
for Crystal Lake IL.
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Weather Forecast Discussion
969
FXUS63 KDVN 041034
AFDDVN
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Quad Cities IA IL
534 AM CDT Fri Apr 4 2025
.KEY MESSAGES...
- Rain will overspread the area today with most areas seeing
between 0.10 to 0.25 inches of QPF.
- Cooler Frost/Freeze headlines may be needed Saturday and
Monday nights, especially in places where the growing season
has begun.
- Another couple of chances (20-40%) of rain through the week.
However, QPF looks to be light as a more continental airmass
is expected to be in place.
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.SHORT TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/...
Issued at 318 AM CDT Fri Apr 4 2025
Complex upper level flow regime with a longwave trof located
over the SW US as a series of shortwaves move through the flow
into the area. At the same time, another stronger wave digs SE
into the northern Great Lakes region tonight. This wave will
help to advect more moisture into our area from the south. Later
today, a cold front associated with the wave north of the area
will move through the area and push the better forcing and
moisture convergence south of us into tomorrow morning.
Moisture return is the main story of this system. While the
wave to the north will attempt to advect better deep layer
moisture into the area, saturation will be slow to occur. Am
concerned that the guidance may be a little more aggressive with
moisture return into our area. Strong to severe convection well
south of us will block good moisture return. So overall
uncertain with how far north the QPF gets. That all said,
overall QPF looks to be light and no real impacts are expected
with the exception of greening lawns from beneficial rain.
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.LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
Issued at 318 AM CDT Fri Apr 4 2025
Overall an active pattern is expected to continue across the
CONUS. This weekend, high pressure will build into the area from
the north. Lows Saturday night and again Monday night will be
close to below freezing. We will check with our agriculture
partners to determine if the growing season has begun. If it
has, then we will likely need freeze warnings Monday night.
Locally in the QC, hardware stores don`t have a lot of plants
outside yet, so think we may still be ahead of the growing
season. So overall, this weekend into next week will be chilly,
with highs in the 40s on Monday, which is below normal.
Zonal flow aloft returns to the area on Tuesday, bringing in
warmer temperatures. Ridging starts to build across the central
Plains by midweek, bringing us to NW flow. Clippers in this flow
will bring chances for precip to the area. This NW flow will
continue through the week keeping the better Gulf moisture from
reaching the area. This means precip chances next week don`t
have much QPF associated with it. Ensemble means see us getting
an additional tenth of an inch of rain by the end of the next
work week. For early April, not too much impactful weather is
forecast.
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.AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z SATURDAY/...
Issued at 532 AM CDT Fri Apr 4 2025
Cigs will be begin to slowly lower today. Light off and on rain
is expected at all TAF sites with MLI and BRL in the better
moisture. DBQ might remain dry. Eventually MVFR cigs are
expected later today into the overnight. Some IFR is possible at
BRL late in the period but have left out at the current time.
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.DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IA...None.
IL...None.
MO...None.
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$$
SHORT TERM...Gibbs
LONG TERM...Gibbs
AVIATION...Gibbs
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