Good Tuesday Morning! Below is your latest forecast update:
Current temps:
A pulse of energy will move through tomorrow morning/afternoon and provide a very scattered shot at some freezing drizzle in far NW IL (currently favoring just to the west of Freeport), the rest of the state looking to stay warm enough for light rain showers. Sim radar from 1 AM CT Wed through 1 AM CT Thu:
Current favored freezing rain totals with this pulse. This looks to be very light. The highest chances for some light freezing drizzle look to come near Dubuque and Davenport, IA:
Current favored precip totals with this pulse. The overwhelming majority of us look to see below 0.1″ of rain:
After this very light precip works through tomorrow, attention turns to a low pressure system that looks to work across the Great Lakes this weekend. Shown below is the *current* preferred model solution for Friday morning through early Sunday morning. Based on some of the latest model guidance, we think Friday PM into Saturday could be a bit slick across parts of IL. with wintry mix possible. Please watch the video for the latest thinking:
Current favored snowfall totals- this is certainly not the final forecast, however this is the data we are siding with at this time:
Current favored total liquid precipitation with this system. Flooding is a concern esp. in S IL after heavy rain last weekend:
With all that said, there is still model spread with the low and as we know, a 20-30 mile difference in storm track as well as a degree or two difference in temps can make a big difference with wintry precip type and accum:
Wind panel over the next 4 days:
Temperate charts over the next 10 days:
Springfield:
Decatur:
