Author: Chief Meteorologist Michael Clark

Today's video: http://youtu.be/c9OWfQbfzWg?hd=1 Observed rainfall over the past 24 hours: Rainfall we are favoring through Wednesday morning is below...as mentioned in the video, a couple isolated strong storms with hail and wind can't be ruled out today...generally where we see rainfall coverage from Cleveland to Columbus to Cincy and points…

Video: http://youtu.be/DejfXgeDQ3Y?hd=1 Total rainfall last night: 0.25" to 0.75" widespread across northwest Illinois, with areas around Rockford getting 1-2"! Best chance for additional storm development will be 2-8pm CDT, and best chances in the south and east.   Total rainfall through this evening: Most areas remain dry Wednesday.  We'll see…

Video: http://youtu.be/4WqcbBz5mEo?hd=1 Good morning!  Your best chance of getting storms today will come after 3pm and continue through about 9pm.  The morning and early afternoon aren't totally spared of isolated showers, but general trends suggest many stay dry this morning through early afternoon.  Storms this evening will be scattered with…

Video: http://youtu.be/zCVUszxMELI?hd=1 Forecast radar from 8pm to 5am CDT shows a line of storms working into northwest Illinois this evening, then weakening with southward progression tonight.   Forecast radar from noon Tuesday to 4am Wednesday shown below.  A wave of energy will drop southeast through the area in the morning,…

Good morning!  Here are the updated 7-day forecasts: Good morning!  Observed rain totals over the past 2 weeks July 22-Aug 4th showing many areas lacking in rainfall.   Ohio rain totals over the past 2 weeks:   As always, check out today's video for details!  A cold front will pass…

Today's video: http://youtu.be/LWl3QCFBHtw?hd=1 For most of us today is a dry day...however, we did circle an area that can see isolated heavy downpours with a slow storm motion and elevated atmospheric moisture values present this afternoon...diminishing quickly after sunset:  Tuesday we start out dry, and then late morning through the…

Video: http://youtu.be/ZsZ25G5yqd8?hd=1 A line of storms across Iowa and Wisconsin will dive southeast into northwest Illinois 10pm-2am, but weaken as it moves southeast.  Enough punch for isolated damaging wind is possible for northwest counties.   Today's severe risk map.   Rain totals through 1pm Tuesday: Additional storms will pop across…

Video: http://youtu.be/Mmxz_L6B8f8?hd=1 Good morning!  Observed rain totals over the past 2 weeks July 22-Aug 4th showing many areas lacking in rainfall.   As always, check out today's video for details!  A cold front will pass Tuesday, but only brings widely scattered coverage of storms.  Thinking is about 60% coverage of…