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Area with the greatest heavy rain risks tonight into Wednesday morning is shown below. There is some flash flood potential, especially in the red circled area.
Forecast radar from 6pm through 8am Wednesday shows the cluster of storms working through the area:
Total rain potential through Wednesday is shown below. Northern areas of the state can stay drier and miss the heavy rainfall…with a focus over the south-central areas.
A few additional strong storms possible as a boundary works through during the late afternoon and evening Wednesday, shifting to southern areas Wednesday night:
Still watching late week through early next week for the impact of an upper-low which will have a tropical disturbance merge with it. It looks to sit over the Ark-La-Tex Thursday through Friday, keeping the shower and storm risks in the southern half of the state. The northern half will likely be dry Thursday and Friday. This system will finally shift north through the weekend, resulting in numerous showers and storms. Total rainfall next 7 days.
Latest forecast tracks of the tropical disturbance show the path lifting north into the area this weekend:
Wind forecast over the next 4 days:
Temperature/precipitation charts:
Chicago:
Peoria:
Effingham:
Carbondale:
Quincy:
