I'm not predicting that Friday the 13th will be full of unlucky happenings, but you need to know that our part of Missouri and Illinois is in the area of the highest probability of tornadoes according to meteorologists.
There's a change in the weather that just might directly impact Illinois and it's El Niño's fault. A sudden change in the cyclical pattern has caused an alert by meteorologists and Illinois is specifically mentioned.
You've no doubt noticed that it's hot and getting hotter in and around the Rockford area, but how hot do we need to get to tie or break the record that was set in Rockford in 1936?