Illinois Public Media News is monitoring winds and storms on Tuesday. We will update this post with the latest forecast information.
Updated Tuesday at 9:35 p.m.
Temperature observations from the last three hours show sharply cooler air spilling into the area as a cold front moves through Illinois. Temperatures dropped about 20 degrees at Galesburg and Peoria in two hours. Lows will be in the 20s tonight. #ILwx pic.twitter.com/G2rQDmo738
— NWS Lincoln IL (@NWSLincolnIL) November 30, 2022
Clouds have somewhere to be today. pic.twitter.com/Zd1Qjn8bHu
— Andrew Pritchard (@skydrama) November 29, 2022
It's been a breezy day across the region! Here's a look at the highest wind reports for Tuesday (as of 7 PM). Winds will remain breezy through Wednesday, with gusts of 30-40 mph possible behind a cold front that is currently moving through Illinois. #ILwx pic.twitter.com/VZIRm9Wp2D
— NWS Lincoln IL (@NWSLincolnIL) November 30, 2022
Behind a cold front, temperatures will quickly fall to below freezing Tuesday evening. On paved surfaces where rain has fallen with a line of showers accompanying the front, flash freezing could result in slick roads and sidewalks. Here are forecast minimum wind chills tonight. pic.twitter.com/NW1zZXJk3W
— NWS Lincoln IL (@NWSLincolnIL) November 29, 2022
Updated Tuesday at 11:30 a.m.
From meteorologist Andrew Pritchard: A Wind Advisory is in effect into the overnight in Champaign County and surrounding portions of central Illinois. Winds are gusting out of the south up to 45 miles per hour, shifting out of the west late tonight. A ‘marginal risk’ (level 1 of 5) for severe storms is in place across portions of Illinois & Indiana on today’s outlook from the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center. Pritchard says the greater severe risk exists to the south, but a few intense storms may develop ahead of the cold front and produce strong winds late this evening.
Wind Advisory is in effect into the overnight in Champaign County and surrounding portions of central Illinois. Winds gust out of the south up to 45 MPH, shifting out of the west late tonight. https://t.co/FUsmGcVwyZ
— Andrew Pritchard (@skydrama) November 29, 2022
A classically chaotic next five days as we transition from November to December in central Illinois. Warm and windy today, overnight showers & storms, much colder tomorrow and Thursday, but a bit warmer for the weekend. #ilwx #uiuc #chambana pic.twitter.com/Hy252bsU4L
— Chambana Weather (@ChambanaWX) November 29, 2022
A 'marginal risk' (level 1 of 5) for severe storms is in place across portions of Illinois & Indiana on today's outlook from @NWSSPC
Greater severe risk exists to the south, but a few intense storms may develop ahead of the cold front and produce strong winds late eve/tonight. pic.twitter.com/eXlEc2PI8K
— Andrew Pritchard (@skydrama) November 29, 2022
Windy and mild today, windy and cold tomorrow. Central IL forecast. #ILwx pic.twitter.com/mPYVNCCRkn
— NWS Lincoln IL (@NWSLincolnIL) November 29, 2022
A strong cold front sweeping across the area this evening will bring scattered thunderstorms. A few of the storms could be strong to severe east of I-55, with damaging wind gusts and hail possible. #ILwx pic.twitter.com/uLFkHqoCid
— NWS Lincoln IL (@NWSLincolnIL) November 29, 2022