Cloud cover has hanged tight and with it has come a
few pockets of flurries. This shouldn't have any implications on the morning commute. The bigger headline if you plan to step out the door this morning is the bitter cold. A brisk northwesterly wind has left temperatures in the upper teens, and wind chills in the single digits. Dress in warm layers before leaving this morning.
The rest of Friday will be just as cold. Despite the sun making an appearance in a mixed fashion, today's cold northwesterly wind will severely
restrict our ability to warm up, leaving afternoon highs in the low 20s. Wind chill values will likely remain in the single digits for most, if not all of the day.
Mostly clear skies overnight will allow temperatures to fall into the single
digits. Saturday features similar conditions to today, cold with temperatures peaking in the low 20s under partly cloudy skies. Cloud cover will increase once again Saturday night ahead of a potent storm
system that will likely bring significant impacts to parts of the Midwest.
For those in the Stateline that want snow, confidence continues to increase that
we’ll be missing out on the more significant snowfall. It seems that will occur well south of Rockford in central and southern Illinois. On Thursday, the National Weather Service placed areas from central Kansas to southwest Ohio under a Winter Storm Watch.
This includes metros such as Topeka, Kansas City, St. Louis, Indianapolis, and Louisville. It's in these areas where forecast models plant snowfall totals in excess of 6″. If any accumulations were to occur locally, they would be minor and generally confined to those along and south of Interstate 88.
Monday will end up being the warmest day of first week of January as another batch of Arctic air cools highs into the teens by Wednesday. Long story shorty, winter is in FULL FORCE!
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