Author: Chief Meteorologist Michael Clark

Video: http://youtu.be/BrcWBiphoSk?hd=1 Rain over the past 24 hours: Showers over Iowa will diminish by late morning, with several dry hours through the afternoon.  This evening from 5-8pm CT, storms look to develop across north/western Nebraska, and they can quickly become severe with pockets of large hail, isolated tornadoes, and wind.…

Good morning!  Here are the updated 7-day forecasts: Total rain over the past 24 hours: Active across Iowa, Wisconsin, and northern Illinois.   Most of the region will be dry today, with a few pop-up storms mainly for areas in Illinois, Iowa into Wisconsin.  We think overnight scattered storms can…

Video: http://youtu.be/KWhy8dQf4Fs?hd=1 Rain over the past 24 hours was local heavy in far northern Illinois: Heat advisory for Madison, IL and St. Louis area for heat indices around 100º this afternoon.   Today is a mainly dry day - with spotty storm chances north this morning, and again a couple…

Today's video: http://youtu.be/GIvFbgFzgzw?hd=1 Anticipating another dry, very warm day ahead of us with many approaching the upper 80s to lower 90s for high temps. Will need to watch close to daybreak tomorrow morning for some scattered storms north along a warm front, and increasing storm cluster threats late morning throughout…

Video: http://youtu.be/gJqpmManseI?hd=1 Good morning! Most of the state can expect a dry, mostly sunny and hot day with widespread highs 88-91º.  A few areas south will get even higher.  There is no risk of any storms for Central Indiana, the only area to watch for a couple stray storms will…

Video: http://youtu.be/nOerkjoRqjk?hd=1 Total rain over the past 48 hours: Breezy, warm, and humid through mid-week with periodic storm chances.  Highest storm chances and rain amounts will be in northern areas.   Today we are watching for a severe storm risk especially in northern Iowa from 4-9pm CT being the highest…

Good morning!  Here are the updated 7-day forecasts: Good morning!  Here's a look back at total rain this weekend...rain mainly favored Illinois and Iowa/Missouri. A few scattered showers this morning across northern Illinois and Indiana mainly before noon.  Otherwise, skies will gradually clear up for most and become partly to mostly sunny…

Video: http://youtu.be/2QAdPb9AR_s?hd=1 As always, be sure to watch the video above to get all the forecast details!   Total rain over the past 48 hours: Total rain through Thursday: Temperatures to run 6-10º above average this week.   Wind forecast over the next 4 days: Temperature data: Chicago: Peoria: Effingham:…