The storm that looked like it would evolve into a major winter storm on Saturday night looks less impressive tonight. It's track will be farther off to the southeast of the Stateline, and it looks like it will be weaker than anticipated at this time yesterday. Instead of a track through St. Louis and Champaign, Illinois tonight, it will move from northeast Texas across Arkansas, and into southern Indiana by 6 am Monday morning. That is considerably further southeast than the projected path yesterday, and too far off to the south and east to produce excessively large amounts of snow across the Stateline. That said, moderate amounts of snow are still expected, and a WINTER STORM WARNING has been posted for the counties of north central Illinois until noon on Monday. Snow is spreading into the area from the southwest, and 3" to 5" of new snow are possible overnight. The snow will diminish to flurries by noon on Monday, and the total snowfall with this system is expected to be between 3" and 7". The lesser amounts expected over far northwestern Illinois, with around 6" in the Greater Rockford area. Modified late season arctic air will move in following the departure of the storm on Wednesday with below normal temperatures expected for the of rest of the work week. Temperatures will moderate back up towards normal in time for next weekend.
Be sure to check out the First Warn Interactive Radar on our website... Mystateline.com. You can get right into the weather in your local area, and follow the snow as it moves northeast across the area tonight.
We will continue to watch the path of the snow storm tonight, and Monday morning, and have updates on our First Warn Weather Blog!
by Meteorologist
Eric Nefstead
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