Chicagoland weather radar [LIVE PRECIPITATION INDICATOR RADAR] shows rain and thundershowers moving across much of northern Illinois. Lightning and thunder is occurring across northeast Illinois and east central Illinois — radar image shows precipitation moving east northeast.
Precipitation is expected to diminish by 1:00 p.m. and start up again after 7:00 p.m. tonight with thunderstorms or thundershowers. About 0.75 inch of rainfall is possible from Thursday morning through about 7:00 p.m. Friday. Heavier rain and slight severe storm risk downstate. At 8:30 a.m. its 51 degrees in Champaign, IL and 66 degrees in Carbondale.
Satellite images show all of Illinois is under clouds. clouds are not expected to decrease until after 7:00 p.m. Friday.
Rain & thunderstorms today for #Chicagoland with a risk of severe storms south of I-80 later today, early tonight. pic.twitter.com/pzQ5FDrLYJ
— NBC's Storm Team 5 (@NBCStormTeam5) April 3, 2014
NBC 5 STORM TEAM showing slight storm risk south.
TODAY Sunrise: 6:31 AM Sunset: 7:19 PM
Showers and thundershowers likely, mainly before 1pm. Cloudy, cold in upper 30s with a high during daylight near 40 degrees at 7:00 p.m. then temperatures rise overnight. Breezy, with an east wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 4am, then showers likely. Temperature rising to around 44 by 4am. East wind 10 to 15 mph becoming south southeast after midnight and southwest at about 5:00 a.m. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph, and then pick up about 6:00 am. Friday — increasing gusts from 29 to 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Friday Showers likely, mainly before 7am. Cloudy, with a high near 48. Breezy, with a southwest wind 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph between 6:00 a.m. Friday and 11:00 a.m. Saturday. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Friday Night A slight chance of rain and snow showers before 10pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 30. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph, but diminishing gradually after 5:00 pm. Northwest winds are forecast to gust as high as 30 mph as late as 3:00 a.m. Saturday. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Saturday Sunny, with a high near 48. West northwest wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Saturday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 33.
Sunday Mostly sunny, with a high near 53.
Sunday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 36.
Monday A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 43.
Monday Night A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 35.
Tuesday A slight chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 49.
Tuesday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32.
Wednesday Mostly sunny, with a high near 52.
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— Cardinal Weather (@CardinalWeather) April 3, 2014
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