It could be a wet Fourth of July for parts of Illinois.

On the WHOW Morning Show Tuesday, Ed Shimon at the National Weather Service in Lincoln told Regional Radio things will warm up as we get into the holiday later this week.

Temperatures for the Fourth should be very mild. Shimon indicates we tend to see highs in the mid-to-upper 80s but after the mid-week warmup, things will return to mild getting into the Fourth of July weekend.

July temperatures are going to warm up and precipitation is going to fall off after a wet signal to start the month. We'll hear more from Shimon on the rest of July and get an update on the drought condition in Illinois in the days ahead on Regional Radio.