Author: Chief Meteorologist Michael Clark

Good morning!  Here are the updated 7-day forecasts: Total precipitation through Sunday afternoon: Looking at Saturday, best chance to see isolated showers and storms will be over northern Illinois.  Most of the region is dry and sunny.  Sunday, rain risks remain slim and isolated. Overall a dry, great weekend! Wind…

Video: http://youtu.be/01h7HvHHVz4?hd=1 Total precipitation through Sunday afternoon: Looking at Saturday, best chance to see isolated showers and storms will be over northern Illinois.  Most of the region is dry and sunny.  Sunday, rain risks remain slim and isolated. Overall a dry, great weekend! Wind forecast over the next 4 days:…

Good morning!  Here are the updated 7-day forecasts: Beautiful weather continues today with sunshine, comfy temperatures, and very light wind.  We'll see a warm-up over the coming days, but humidity stays tolerable through the weekend.  Here are the forecast dew points over the next 4 days.  By Sunday we are…

Video: http://youtu.be/-F3kJCWVOfI?hd=1 Good morning!  Another beautiful day in store for the state.  Slightly warmer than Wednesday, but humidity won't be much different.  We'll see high pressure overall maintain through the weekend, keeping any rain threats isolated, and the best threat north.  We'll see a shortwave work into northwest Illinois late…

Today's video: http://youtu.be/1iO8MzPEXpI?hd=1 Observed rainfall over the past 24 hours...most of these light showers staying at or below 0.25" right in the areas we targeted yesterday: For all intents and purposes, today through Sunday is virtually completely dry across the state as that Canadian high pressure works its way right over…

Video: http://youtu.be/srYI9lK24vE?hd=1 Beautiful weather continues today with sunshine, comfy temperatures, and very light wind.  We'll see a warm-up over the coming days, but humidity stays tolerable through the weekend.  Here are the forecast dew points over the next 4 days.  By Sunday we are slightly humid.   A shortwave will…