WINTER STORM EYES CENTRAL ILLINOIS
> A winter storm that could leave up to 6 inches of new snow has prompted the National Weather Service to issue a winter storm warning for all of Central Illinois and most of the state Wednesday and Thursday.
“It will be widespread,” said Chris Geelhart of the National Weather Service in Lincoln. “We will start seeing snow (this) evening continuing through Thursday morning.” While the snow should taper off Thursday afternoon, winds are expected to pick up at 16 mph to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Because the snow will be dry, the winds likely will cause a lot of blowing and drifting. And it likely won’t get much better once the storm leaves the area.
Geelhart said it will be followed by another cold front that is expected to drop the temperature Thursday night to a low of 2 degrees. When combined with the strong winds, it will feel more like 15 degrees below zero to 20 degrees below zero.
Friday’s high is expected to reach only about 9 degrees. The wind chill will be about 10 degrees below zero, Geelhart said. There also could be lingering blowing snow. Friday night it will turn even colder — the actual temperature is expected to dip to 4 degrees below zero. Saturday almost will be a carbon copy with a daytime high of 10 degrees and a nighttime low of negative 2 degrees.
Geelhart said the cold snap is not expected to stick around as long as the last one. The temperature could reach near 20 degrees Sunday and be in the upper 20s by Tuesday.
–courtesy www.iqesda.com
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