While severe weather potential continues Tuesday, we are seeing the strong storm threat is trending down thanks to morning showers and storms that would inhibit instability for the afternoon and evening waves. High resolution model guidance including the HRRR an RRFS show scattered showers and storms Tuesday morning persisting through the early afternoon. Gusty storms and small hail are possible, but organized severe weather does not appear likely. Officially, the Storm Preci

It has been quite the stretch of active weather across the region and we're finally getting a well-deserved break to start off the week. Aside from a stray shower or storm Sunday, most of your Sunday and Monday will be dry with decreasing humidity behind a cold front. Monday, in fact, will be beautiful with sunshine and seasonal temperatures with low humidity. Just in the last three days a widespread area of 2-4" extends from eastern Iowa into northern and central Illinois, w

An active week of weather is forecast across the Upper Midwest with low confidence on exact timing and placement of storms, but higher confidence in storms in the region. A Level 1 to 2 of 5 risk of severe weather covers the region Monday and Tuesday with damaging wind gusts and large hail. MONDAY - Forecast predictions are somewhat nebulous this morning. There will be the possibility of storms popping from eastern Iowa to northern Illinois in the evening hours. Another round

A rather active week across the Upper Midwest is taking shape with a stagnant pattern leading to round after round of potentially heavy rain with severe weather mixed in. Plentiful moisture is sitting underneath a conveyor belt of disturbances which will likely parade along the northern edge of the heat dome this week. Overall confidence day to day in terms of rainfall, severe weather and a flash flooding threat is low given the subtle nature of some of the storm chances, how

We continue to watch as cold front on approach that will bring cooler temperatures and widespread rain showers Wednesday. The slowly-moving front has a lot of similarities to those classic autumn cold fronts. The calendar is still early August so we still have a long way to go before we are locked in the cooler temperatures. 7AM Wednesday 6PM Wednesday Forecast trends are slowly increasing the rainfall potential, with widespread 2-3" of precipitation likely across the area We