Author: Chief Meteorologist Michael Clark

Today's video: http://youtu.be/W506JtgxruM?hd=1 Observed rainfall for the area over the past week...as we mentioned this time last week, this would be an "accumulative" kind of rainfall where we add to the totals each day across the state, and looking back on it would look rather widespread across the state...and it…

Video: http://youtu.be/Te1OTjfEC7M?hd=1 Other than a spotty shower in southwest Indiana today, overall expecting dry weather across the state today and Tuesday!  We'll have a less humid air mass settle in over the central and northern portions of the state especially by this evening.   The dry air will allow temperatures…

Good morning!  Looking at radar this morning as of, we have generally dry conditions to start the day.  A couple isolated cells in northeast Illinois, with a storm in southern Wisconsin.   Today's storm coverage is looking widely scattered, with the highest threat in the northeast portion of the state…

Video: http://youtu.be/mOv2-Of8TQw?hd=1 Forecast radar from 1pm to 11pm shown below.  Shows the peak in coverage from 4-8pm.   Total rainfall through tonight: Again, not everyone will get rain today.  However, coverage is a bit higher than the past few days.  A few locations get 1-2"+, while others get literally nothing.…

Good morning!  Here are the updated 7-day forecasts: Total rain over the past 24 hours: Favoring southwest Illinois for highest storm coverage today, with widely scattered activity across the rest of the area.  Saturday - again expecting scattered storms - these initially pop along/north of I-70 early afternoon, then focus…

Video: http://youtu.be/e3tPQuVetWc?hd=1 Total precipitation over the next 48 hours (much of this falls today): Wind forecast over the next 4 days: Total precipitation over the next 5 days: Missouri cities: Poplar Bluff: Jefferson City: Maryville: Iowa cities: Mount Pleasant: Des Moines: Spencer:

Video: http://youtu.be/raILIZK9yzw?hd=1 Storm chances will vary depending upon where you live.  We expect to initiate across southern and southwest Illinois by noon-1pm, and they will be scattered to numerous over these areas, while further north toward Champaign, Peoria, Bloomington, and Kankakee, you guys only have about a 20% shot of…

Today's video: http://youtu.be/R43h7Lh5S4E?hd=1 Observed 24 hour rainfall: We mentioned in the video that after about 11am-1pm we start seeing storms pop across the state, and where they do they will be locally heavy in nature with a slow storm motion...starting to diminish after 8pm: Saturday looks to feature slightly higher…

Video: http://youtu.be/PdkYjLg19e8?hd=1 Radar showing showers and isolated storms passing through Terre Haute and tracking east around 10mph.  Imagine this will start to fade as it progresses further east this morning.  Overall think 1-2pm is when we can spark those pop-ups out there, and we expect more coverage than yesterday, but…