Author: Chief Meteorologist Michael Clark

Video: http://youtu.be/WQe_CX0GPFw?hd=1 Showers have dropped 0.5" to 1" of rain in the western portions of the state.  Rains are quickly shifting east with up to 0.2" of additional rain in eastern Illinois north of I-70...a narrow band of higher amounts possible around Mattoon and Charleston.  Showers diminish through the morning.…

Video: http://youtu.be/R3PBKiGm0JM?hd=1 Scattered light showers this AM, then an overall dry afternoon expected.  Temps surge in the 60s later today. Watching the trends closely for Thursday.  Tomorrow will bring very strong winds (regardless of storms) with gusts consistently 45-55mph from 11am to 7pm. with isolated higher gusts possible.  A round…

Video: http://youtu.be/l8nRYDFZh34?hd=1 A few light rain showers to sprinkles will be scattered across mainly the western half of the state this morning...accumulations should stay below 0.1-0.2", working in peaks of sunshine and temps 50s and 60s SW this afternoon into the evening. The big story is the strong to severe…

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I62NFlV70Q&feature=youtu.be&hd=1 Good afternoon! First round of rain chances will arrive overnight into Wednesday, with the greatest focus across Illinois and Northwest Indiana.  Most of Ohio will stay dry with limited rain chances through Wednesday.  Just about everyone will see a brief return to dry weather during the afternoon, before…

Video: http://youtu.be/gSmeXwgyGg0?hd=1 Multiple weather alerts with high wind watches in Nebraska and Kansas from Wednesday through Thursday, flood watches in much of Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa, and blizzard warnings in northwest Nebraska, all these alerts go into effect tomorrow and expire late Thursday. TODAY: Scattered showers increase across the area,…

Video: http://youtu.be/m_SdahbipAY?hd=1 Light showers will work into the western half of the state from 3-6pm, with light showers becoming more widespread by mid-evening, lingering into Wednesday morning.  Total rain through Wednesday AM: Expecting a break in the action for most of Wednesday afternoon, then late afternoon into the night we'll see scattered showers and storms…

Video: http://youtu.be/eBIcDBwGIVk?hd=1 Round of showers will arrive tonight into Wednesday morning, greatest coverage in the northern half of the state.  Areas south of Bloomington and Columbus generally stay dry.   Expecting a break in the action Wednesday afternoon before a round of scattered showers and storms moves in mid to…

Today's video: http://youtu.be/mrXF_bRsTLQ?hd=1 It'll be another day filled with partly to mostly sunny skies and mild temps in the mid/upper 40s near 50º. Our next rain chance doesn't approach from west to east until afternoon midnight tonight into Wednesday morning where scattered light rain starts working its way east. The…