Author: Chief Meteorologist Michael Clark

Good morning! Here are the updated 7-day forecasts: Better shot at downpours popping up today with about 50% coverage mainly 3-8pm EDT.  Storms that pop will tend to be slow-moving and can bring a local flash flood risk.   Most of the pop-ups diminish after 9pm, but we'll watch far…

Video (Watch today's video for the forecast details into late week).  Below the video, we include the wind forecast over the next few days, along with total precipitation charts and the city temperature charts are found at the bottom of this post.   http://youtu.be/Yk2yzlXS7ck?hd=1 Forecast radar through the afternoon: Wednesday,…

Video: http://youtu.be/AK42cNyDEos?hd=1 Rainfall over the past 24 hours: Better shot at downpours popping up today with about 50% coverage mainly 3-8pm. Storms that pop will tend to be slow-moving and can bring a local flash flood risk.   Most of the pop-ups diminish after 9pm, but we'll watch far northern…

Today's video: http://youtu.be/TCVjPOENpX4?hd=1 Brief snapshot at timeframes we anticipate an increase in storm coverage today is below...most of us stay completely dry through noon-2pm. Especially after 3pm through sunset we increase coverage to 50/60% nearly statewide. These storms will pop-up and almost stay stationary overall with very little storm movement,…

Video: http://youtu.be/irAfUynjLQE?hd=1 Better shot at downpours popping up today with about 50% coverage mainly 3-8pm. Storms that pop will tend to be slow-moving and can bring a local flash flood risk.   Most of the pop-ups diminish after 9pm, but we'll watch far northern Indiana for the risk of a…

Good morning!  Here are the updated 7-day forecasts: Precipitation over the past 72 hours: Main story was the complex of storms that hammered western and southern Indiana and Illinois with 1-2" rainfall and many wind reports Sunday afternoon/evening where that cluster of storms tracked, while other locations remained totally dry.…

Video: http://youtu.be/Nlp3ufiA2KE?hd=1 Flash flood watch for northeast Iowa until noon today: Forecast radar shows the thunderstorm development across central Nebraska clipping into northwest Iowa later this afternoon and evening.   Total rainfall through tonight: This zone in central Nebraska and northwest Iowa will be at risk for these storms to…

Video: http://youtu.be/c4SOKIbK9jk?hd=1 Rainfall observed over the past 72 hours: Forecast rainfall over the next 60 hours: Wind forecast over the next 4 days: Total precipitation over the next 7 days: Temperature data over the next 10 days: Chicago: Peoria: Effingham: Carbondale: Quincy: