Friday afternoon weather update

Skies for the most part have remained mostly cloudy, however, we have had a few rays of sunshine break through as of early this afternoon.  A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued downstate closer to the center of the low as it moves out of Missouri and into southern Illinois.

Where there has been a little more filtered sunshine a few pop up storms have developed southwest of Chicago and are currently moving north/northwest.  Going forward this afternoon I would anticipate a similar situation to what we had yesterday where storms developed mid-afternoon and lifted north into Wisconsin.  While the greatest instability remains in southern Illinois whatever little sunshine we do have will help make our environment a little more favorable for storm development.  Heavy rainfall, hail and gusty winds all remain possible with any storms that do form.