Later sunsets, near record highs and a chance for stronger storms

There's a lot going on in the weather world as we kick off the new work week. First off, Daylight Saving Time began over the weekend when we "sprung forward" with the clocks early Sunday morning. That means the sun doesn't rise until well after 7 AM now but the sunset is almost at 7 PM with a 6:50 PM sunset this Monday evening. Total daylight is now over 11 hours and 30 minutes. 

Most days over the weekend saw good warmth with Friday, Saturday and Sunday all seeing official highs in the low 60s. We couldn't really enjoy the 60s Friday and Saturday since they didn't happen until Friday evening and temperatures cooled fast during the day Saturday. Sunday started cool in the 30s then warmed into the low 60s for the afternoon. Monday is really the warm day with very mild morning lows in the 40s to around 50 and afternoon highs expected to reach the upper 60s. We are officially on record watch. The record highs for Monday is 67 set back in 2016. 67 is also the forecast high for Monday!

After the warmth on Monday we cool down the rest of the week. Only middle 40s for highs on Tuesday then we hover in the upper 30s and low 40s through the upcoming weekend. 

The next 36 hours will be relatively dry with a mostly sunny sky most of Monday and a partly cloudy start to Tuesday. The next chance for rain doesn't arrive until Tuesday evening when some showers are possible then Tuesday night a few thunderstorms are possible, especially in southern counties. 

Some of those storms have the potential to be on the stronger side, mainly Tuesday night into early Wednesday. Some of our southern counties near the IL border like Walworth, Racine and Kenosha Counties are under the Level 2 Slight Risk with a Level 1 Marginal Risk, shown in green. Hail would be the primary risk with any stronger storms that do develop.

Download the CBS 58 Weather app to track the warmth for Monday and the stronger storms Tuesday night.