4-9-19 Illinois Forecast: Sct’d showers tonight/Wednesday north…additional showers/storms late Thursday. I.

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Total precipitation through Friday: In general, mainly dry conditions are expected for the southern two-thirds of the state through Wednesday night with scattered rain showers likely in the northern third of the state from late this evening through the overnight into Wednesday. We introduce a better chance for gusty showers and storms later in the day Thursday and exiting overnight. Rainfall amounts of 0.5-1.5″ will be common in northern and far eastern IL.

Rainfall over the next 10 days: Shower and storm activity really begins to ramp up during the latter parts of the weekend into next week with multiple storm systems.

Wind forecast over the next 4 days:

Temperature/precipitation data over the next 10 days:

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