4-18-19 Illinois: Heavy rains target southeast half of state into Friday AM….improving weekend weather. N.

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Total rain overnight: Some locations along I-70 saw 1-2″!

Flood watch covers southeast Illinois into Friday morning:

Total additional precipitation through Friday morning:

Upper low will bring light shower risks across the eastern half of the state Friday afternoon, then Saturday the upper-low should scoot just far enough east for a dry forecast.  

Wind forecast over the next 4 days:

Temperature/precipitation charts over the next 10 days:

Chicago:

Peoria:

Effingham:

Carbondale:

Quincy: