Stormy weather this morning. Slight risk for severe storms with damaging winds and flooding rains tonight. Active weather with frequent threats for thunderstorms will be the story through the end of the week. A return of a warm, moist, unstable airmass combined with frequent weather systems cresting the top of a large upper level ridge of high pressure will push thunderstorm complexes from the Mississippi Valley into the Great Lakes today into Friday, and likely into portions of the weekend as well. A severe weather threat exists both today and Friday, including localized heavy rain and flooding for those areas that get hit with multiple rounds of storms. Get the latest forecast updates at weather.gov/iln. HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK - - - THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO THE REGION TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH CONFIDENCE IS LOW IN THE TIMING AND PLACEMENT OF THE STORMS...THERE IS A RISK OF A FEW STRONG TO DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IF THE STORMS ARE WELL ORGANIZED AS THEY ENTER THE AREA. THE STORMS WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...WHICH MAY COMBINE WITH THE EFFECTS OF RECENT STORMS TO CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. If you have been missing the heat... A VERY WARM AND HUMID AIRMASS WILL BE IN PLACE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. HEAT INDICES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON. LOCAL FORECAST - - - Today - Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 83. West wind 9 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. Tonight - A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 70. Southwest wind 3 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. Friday - A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 87. Southwest wind 7 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Posted on: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 13:19:43 +0000
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