In addition to the expected heavy rainfall, frozen ground, expected snow melt, clogged drainage due to snow and ice, and river ice all will contribute to an elevated flood risk if forecasted rainfall materializes as expected. There is still a bit of uncertainty regarding where the axis of heaviest rain will set up. The extreme moisture for this time of year combined with strong and deep forcing associated with coupled upper level jet structure and strong low level jet replenishing moisture all suggests an anomalous heavy rainfall event. Guidance is still in good agreement in PWATs (precipitable water or “rain”) over an inch (nearly 300% of normal) pooling ahead of the slow moving cold front. The heavy rainfall threat Wednesday night into Thursday morning exists far southeast in the County Warning Area. By mid- to late-evening, expecting at least occasional gusts over 30 mph, probably strongest in the Chicago area aided a bit by milder temps in the urban corridor.Īccording to the NWS Chicago, there is a heavy rainfall and flood threat Wednesday night. The NWS Office Chicago office still anticipates rising temperatures tonight, which should aid in lessening the boundary layer stability somewhat, and allow for at least a little bit of the stronger momentum air associated with vigorous low level jet to transport to the surface in wind gusts tonight. Winds will start out almost calm but will peak with gusts to about 40 MPH tonight, when a very strong low level and associated Warm Air Advection will develop in response to strong height from Manitoba south across the central U.S.
A Surface Ridge will move east today allowing for gradually increasing southeasterly winds Tuesday. Significant rainfall and snowfall is forecast for Arlington Heights and surrounding communities Wednesday Februand Thursday, respectively with the hourly forecast indicating …Ġ.80 inches of rain from noon Wednesday until 3 AM Thursday,Ġ.01 inches of freezing rain from 3 AM to 4 AM Thursday, andĥ.20 inches of snow from 3 AM to 9 PM Thursday.įirst here is a detailed look at Tuesday’s setup. Winter Storm Watch Late Wednesday Night to Early Thursday Evening 18, 2022 (SOURCE: DOC/NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Weather Prediction Center/Asherman WPC/SPC/NHC forecasts). and the fireworks show begins.We Might Get it All: Significant Rain, Freezing Rain, Significant Snow US Weather Map for 6 AM CT Thursday Feb. or later with tens of thousands expected by the time the clock strikes 9:30 p.m. Larger crowds are expected to begin gathering in the festival grounds near the riverfront by 6 p.m.
Organizers of Red, White and Boom are in touch with the National Weather Service and will be reporting constant updates on weather conditions throughout the day Monday.įor the time being, the rain chance is forecast at 40%, with a chance for scattered thundershowers. It is a weather story that many will be watching very closely as Peoria gets set for a massive Fourth of July celebration and fireworks show on the urban riverfront on both banks of the Illinois River. Farther out, the outlook for the second week of July also leans warmer and wetter than normal statewide, although isolated storms will likely make for some disparity between who gets rain and who doesn’t.” “Temperatures are forecast to remain near or slightly above normal with highs in the upper 80’s to low 90’s.
He says the temperatures rise again heading into July with more pop up storms likely too.įord says conditions are ripe for scattered stormy weather, particularly throughout the first week of the month of July, right around the time many residents in the region are carrying out their Independence Day celebration plans.
Precipitation totals from this past week ranged from less than a quarter of an inch in western Illinois to just more than three inches south of the Quad Cities.”
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“Despite the pleasant end to the month, June was still one to two degrees warmer than normal statewide,” said Illinois state climatologist Trent Ford, “a series of storms moved through last weekend, bringing rain to very dry parts of the state. We enter the month of the July with Independence Day celebrations across Central Illinois and looking back at a very hot and pretty DRY month of June.
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