Afternoon Weather Update

Not too much has changed from earlier this morning.  Skies are generally clear...dew points are up and we're watching the instability rise.  All of the viewing are is under a slight risk for severe weather while northwest Illinois is still highlighted in a moderate risk.  Things are pretty quiet right now...but we'll be watching an upper level disturbance that is currently in the northern Rockies that will begin to eject over the Plains later this afternoon.  As it does, supercell storms will be likely over parts of the Plains and into Iowa.  As the evening progresses, storms will likely form into a line and move from the Plains southeast across the Great Lakes by sunrise Wednesday.  This line of storms will have the potential to produce very strong, damaging winds.  While a storm can't be ruled out later this afternoon I still think best bet will be this evening and overnight.  After dealing with storm potential tonight, much of north-central Illinois is highlighted in a moderate risk Wednesday afternoon!  So we have some very active weather over the next 24 to 36 hours!  Be sure to stay up to date and we'll continue to update things as needed this afternoon.